Ok so following another trip in the Barry Sheen mobile back down the mountain we were dropped at McDonalds to await the next Baz Bus. After a 2 hour wait, we then discovered we only had to go 15 minutes up the road so we were the stand in joke on the bus ha. The good news is that we arrived at a lovely place called The Beach House, only to discover it was peeing down with rain the whole day. So, of course in true Karen and Kellie fashion we spent the whole day and night in the bar, entertaining the other guests. Gemma one of the girls that worked there was having a birthday the next day and Martin the guy she was taking over from was leaving so we give it large and had a great time. The following day we took a stroll for some brekky, when I accidentally poured vinegar into my tea thinking it was milk the sarcy waiter said "having a blond moment are we" what a cheek ha. On awaiting for the bus onto Jeffrey's Bay we got talking to a guy called Jeff from Tennissee. What a nice chap and very sarcy just like our good selves. We all boarded the bus to experience another roller coaster ride.
We then arrived at Island Vibe and had a really nice room in the Beach House with patio doors right onto the beach. We had a few drinks in the bar and met Caroline and Paul who were from Croydon who were mental but really nice. As usual we all got drunk and behaved like children. The next day we went shopping and had a few too many and I fell up a sand bank, Karen fell in a bush (and it wasn't even her own one) then when we went to the bar Jeff had mentioned about his photography abilities and when we offered our services he said that I (Kel) did not have an interesting enough face the vermin git. Charming I thought and they said romance was dead ha. When the bus arrived I fell off the stool and Karen and some other guy had to escort me to the bus. I then fell out of the bus on arrive to Port Elizabeth and rolled down the hill, like you do. The bus driver on the way took a shine to me and told me 3 things he liked about me were my eyes, hair and legs, pretty much all the things I hate ha.
Anyway we had another nice room in the Tanaqua Lodge and the guy that run it called Bradley took us both on a day out to the Addo Elephant Park which was fantastic. He also took us on a brief township tour beforehand telling us the story of his family which was very sad.
The next day we left for Cintsa to the Buckaneers Backpackers. A lovely place although 20 min walk to the nearest shops. We had booked a room on a cottage thinking it would be lovely we then discovered the biggest hill that we had to go down to our room and the bar and restaurant were back up the top of it. I think it helped us become fitter as we are now not hyperventilating when going up stairs and hills ha. We then bumped into Caroline and Paul again who were leaving for Coffee Bay so we said farewell. Our room was full of Gechos and bugs but we had been warned that Gechos will eat the bugs and that we had to get used to them. We nodded but were not amused. The beach was ok but a bit rough to swim in and we did have some rain although still very hot. On our last night there we met 3 very amusings SA guys, Ross, Glen and Sean who very kindly kept offering us wacky backy. Thanks but no we said and just laughed. Everyone here smokes it, quite funny really. We had drinks with them and then met Johnny our Baz Bus driver for the next day. In the bar I might add. "Are you really our driver we said?" "Yes, why would I lie?" "Well for one, you are drinking and due to drive us for 9 hours tomorrow and please don't drive like a maniac we said." He laughed and was flying round the bar. The next morning (Karen's birthday) he said "Morning happy birthday." He then explained that it had been water in the beer bottles he was just winding us up. It worked I was a nervous wreck. He then opened a nice bottle of champers for Karen on the bus so we could all celebrate. He was a great laugh and a really nice guy. On route Jeff joined the bus so we had a giggle with him, he was a bit merry which was funny and had burnt his face that day and looked like a garden knome bless him.
On route to Banana Beach we drove through the Trans-sky and saw Nelson Mandelas house. We didn't go in just stopped outside, it was a replica of the place he was inprisoned for the last 4 years of his sentence as he loved it so much. The journey was rather bendy but we survived thankfully.
We then arrived at Banana Beach so decided to hit the bar since it was Karen's birthday. Christ what a bunch, we ended up speaking to a German guy all night so called it an early one. The next morning we met Re (Lisa-Marie) and Ash (Natasha) who were sisters and really lovely girls. We then went to the beach with Re who took us on a mile treck to the local shop then went to the beach for a swim with them both. That night we had a good ole drink, met the neighbours and had fun until one guy started being aggressive so Ben the guy in the hostel that Re was seeing locked us all in the other house that me and Karen were staying just in case this guy started any trouble. All was well and the girls left the next day which was a shame as we were there for another night. We hated it here, it was peeing down most of the day so we took cover in the bar. There was the biggest slug on our curtain so I flicked it into a bin. As I went to run out the double doors to throw it in the garden I realised the double doors were shut so ran straight into the glass window headbutting it bouncing back off then on again with my knee, Karen was too busy laughing to check on my welfare so I ended up with yet another injury - an egg on my forehead - what a classy chick I really am ha.
The next day we left for Durban (the land of flying cockroaches). The bus was only about 2 hours so we were there at a decent hour. We then met a girl called Christine from Ireland she was travelling on her own and shortly off to Jo'berg in a few days time. We had a lovely room but was only there for one night due to our schedule and safety reasons. The next morning we decided to try and change our flight but the airline needed copies of our tickets so we decided to skip going to North Drakensberg and head straight for Jo'berg and stick with our original flight. It took about 10 hours on the bus but it was ok in the end.
On arrival to Gemini Backpackers we bumped into Darren and Teresa who we had met on the bus from the airport when first arriving in SA. They were in the room next door to us. None of us were impressed with our room it was a dump but we just made the most of it. The next day we booked to go to Pilansberg Game Reserve. Another girl called Katie joined us who is from Sydney and who we are keeping in touch with hopefully. Louis was a guide a really nice guy and very informative. We had a great day out seeing Rhino, Wild Dogs, Zebra, Girraffe and allsorts. It was really amazing. That night we all sat drinking and laughing about some of the things that Louis had experienced as a guide . He had a german and dutch women in his car in their 70's. An elephant sat on the bonnet of the car so the women were histerical. One wet herself then the other one needed to poo herself so got out of the car once the elephant had gone and as she squatted down a big kitty (Tiger) jumped up and she nearly had a heart attack. It was really funny when he was telling us and you can just picture it can't you especially when he returned the car with pee and poo all over it ha and a big dent in the bonnet. Oh did I mention the elephant crapped on it too.
We fly from Jo'berg over to Singapore, what a brilliant airline Singapore airlines really is. Big seats, lots to eat, great films and freebies. We then waited an hour and took our connecting flight to Bangkok to be continued ............
