The second day at De Hoop saw us watching yet more whales - some of them so close that you could see the various colourations of the wart-like encrustations (callosities) on their heads and bodies. De Hoop contains some fantastic white sand dunes along the coast line, we had a walk along the beach and in the dunes before settling down to watch whales (again!).
We've now moved on to Hermanus where it's allegedly possible to go whale watching from a boat (although we haven't yet found out where the boats depart from). We came via L'Agulhas, which is the southernmost tip of Africa, where we had lunch and took photos. We've therefore now changed direction from generally southerly to northerly. We've also switched oceans from the Indian to the Atlantic. L'Agulhas itself is a charming little town that has obviously been carefully managed - no monstrosities of buildings, but plenty of nice homes with incredible views. Hermanus on the other hand seems to be pretty much built-up along the coast.
We had been going to take a boat trip out to see whales today, but overnight the wind picked up to the point that the truck was moving quite violently at times. It's the same this morning with tremendous gusts so Sue has gone shopping, I've been looking for a spring to fix the driver's door lock and have now found a reasonable internet connection. As I write this, sitting in the back of the truck, gusts of wind are shaking the body about quite remarkably. The forecast looks more promising tomorrow....
A good part of the journey from De Hoop to L'Agulhas was on dirt roads as was part of the trip down from Warmwaterberg to De Hoop. We've definitely noticed that the truck is more comfortable on dirt roads than on tarmac - even at similar speeds. Seems odd, but that's what it was built for I suppose.
We've now moved on to Hermanus where it's allegedly possible to go whale watching from a boat (although we haven't yet found out where the boats depart from). We came via L'Agulhas, which is the southernmost tip of Africa, where we had lunch and took photos. We've therefore now changed direction from generally southerly to northerly. We've also switched oceans from the Indian to the Atlantic. L'Agulhas itself is a charming little town that has obviously been carefully managed - no monstrosities of buildings, but plenty of nice homes with incredible views. Hermanus on the other hand seems to be pretty much built-up along the coast.
We had been going to take a boat trip out to see whales today, but overnight the wind picked up to the point that the truck was moving quite violently at times. It's the same this morning with tremendous gusts so Sue has gone shopping, I've been looking for a spring to fix the driver's door lock and have now found a reasonable internet connection. As I write this, sitting in the back of the truck, gusts of wind are shaking the body about quite remarkably. The forecast looks more promising tomorrow....
A good part of the journey from De Hoop to L'Agulhas was on dirt roads as was part of the trip down from Warmwaterberg to De Hoop. We've definitely noticed that the truck is more comfortable on dirt roads than on tarmac - even at similar speeds. Seems odd, but that's what it was built for I suppose.