Wednesday(Wilderness and a lot of rain)

Finally went on the Bazbus to Wilderness( an area with 250 different species of bird, surrounded by wetland and forest), the journey was a bit of a disappointment, no air con, movie, funny driver, plus we were late leaving, a bit different from the brochure. Before we got to the Hostel I was aiming for, the driver went too fast over a pot-hole and broke the axel on the trailer, so I decided it looked a good place to stay and it was lovely. Beach House Backpackers(beachhouse@mweb.co.za) a fantastic view over the sea from the balcony, with the kitchen behind a huge glass window/doors adjacent to the balcony, the place was slightly lacking in indoor toilets, and the path to the outdoor toilets could have done with a little more lighting. I spoke to some people about their experience of bungee jumping, and it seemed the first bit was good fun, but the subsequent bounces could be a bit unnerving and very jerky.
I went a did a walk which started along the railway towards George, and then went past a lovely beach, in a valley, then up to ‘map of Africa’ and saw a flash of an animal which I couldn’t figure out what it was, it looked like a large cat, but it was only a glimpse. The were quite a lot of interesting looking spider web’s, consisting of funnels made out of web on the ground, which were especially visible when it rained. And rain it did, it poured down, and I was utterly soaked to the skin, and towards the end tried to hold my t-shirt away from my skin, as it felt less chilling when the wind gusted. There was a lovely smell in the air when it rained, and can’t wait for technology to be able to build smell capture into cameras.