Day 21 - WildCoast/ Port St’Johns

Up at Sparrows this morning, we set off for Port St.Johns on the Transkei 'Wild Coast'.

All 200km's odd on the R61, were certainly not as horrendous as I had expected, but also not quite "Route66"!

Avoiding the N2 at all costs we travelled from Port Edward=> Bizana=> Flagstaff=> Lusikisiki to Port St.Johns.

No wonder I have never heard of Flagstaff in my life 😳!!! Now, I have been to Burgersfort and Jane Furse, which are the Ass-end of South Africa, and I believe Mogadishu is the ass-end of the world, but this world has two..."Flagstaff" is the other!!! Wow!!! Taxi's, scrapped cars, dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, horses and thousands and thousands of people. All sharing the main street at the same time and nowhere to hide! Stuck in a pucker traffic jam for 40min, with all of the above jostling for their place in the 'street's that have no name'😖😖😖

Contrary to my thoughts yesterday as I said, the roads were not too bad and as for Electricity services, every single structure had an electrical connection in one way or another, legal or not but there was a connection. In addition to this every other home had a Satalite Dish installed too! After four and a half hours we arrived at the Cremorne Estate (Caravan and camping) in Port St.Johns, absolutely the most stunning campsite so far. Expecting anything south of Mogadishu, what a surprise! Overlooking beautiful lawns a very swollen, Mzimvubu River and a monsterous mountain cliff face, gawking down only 200m away.

Getting back to the approaching weather front. So far blue skies and the odd cloud, all the Apps are showing slightly less precipitation but still, a whole deluge of water later in the week😖

Right now we are considering a Plan 'B' should conditions deteriorate any further. We have made contact with Roy, the owner of 'White Clay Resort' between Coffee Bay and Hole-in-the-Wall who is flashing red lights, if conditions get any worse. That certainly is our next destination, but we may need to be just a little circumspect and listen to some sage advice.

Will keep you all posted👍

Love, Peace and Light
M&K
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