What's he been upto?: Rattling around the Garden Route

They call it Wilderness & they weren't too far from the mark. The countryside is a haven for outward bound exploring so I've been making the most of it with Marcel & Ressie.

Each morning we head out in Marcel's motor (pictured above), that is when she decides she's going to start. This process can take anything between 5 to 15 minutes & all adds to the adventure mix as we work out what time we need to leave to arrive on time! There's a distict possibility that we'll break down somewhere given the number of noises the car random;ly makes but thankfully Marcel also owns a pram so have a back up plan should we break down in the middle of nowhere. All teh same we are making great progress & have been on time for everything so far! We've been out canoeing & trekking, swimming in this amazing waterfall & have started our first day of surf school too.

Yesterday saw us at the world's highest bungee jump. It lies just to the east of a town called The Crags & dangles those who pay 550R off a huge 216m high suspension bridge. Having been stupopid enough to part with cash a few years ago in New Zealand I opted to accompany Marcel out onto the bridge as a bungee buddy & watch him loose touch with reality. After a short period of unusal silence Ressie spontaneously decided she too was going to jump so swiped her credit card & donned harness.....she then spent the next 45 minutes questioning her sanity before we were summed to the jump site.

The walk out was scary enough for me. Despite being safely cocooned inside the 200m long wire tunnel, that ran under the road. I felt less than secure as the flex in the see-through wire mess floor had my mind playing all sorts of tricks. Both jumpers really enjoyed the experience & I was quite sure, "thank you very much," that I was quite happy with both feet firmly on the bridge.