Garden Route, relaxing on the coast

Continuing on updating you from last week...after the wine country, we meandered our way to the southern coast, stopping to put our toes into the ocean for the first time, and staying at what was probably the best hostel we've seen from a quality standpoint: the Wilderness Beach House located in Wilderness, S.Africa. A pic from our balcony!:










and our romantic walk on the beach:















After spending the night there, we headed on to Knysna, which is a very nice city on a gorgeous lagoon. And, as we came to learn, a great boat dock for all those Cape Town rich people with yachts:












On the way there, we stopped to do a canoe/hike in Wilderness National Park. The trail was...lets just say it wasn't marked, as at one point we were sticking to the side of a tall river bank (think Spiderman). Oh, and to get to our canoe we had to walk through water (again). But the view was definitely worth it!





















In Knysna, we took the time to chill out and went for a run in the morning, had some alone time, and then went to Mitchell's Brewery and did a tour of their microbrewery. Apparently one of the best microbrews in S.Africa...we'd tend to agree! The tour was fun and we also met a woman from Zimbabwe and her husband, who were telling us about Zimbabwe and how different it is than S.Africa. And how crazy the inflation is (Purvi's new mission is to get a 1-trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe).

Currently we are in Swaziland, and our next post will include pics from the bungee jump that Purvi didn't do, a rainbow over the Indian Ocean at Chintsa, adventures in Durban, and our thoughts/pics on Swaziland. We'll update from the flip side (once we're in Maputo, Mozambique, with better internet).