Day 38 - Buffalo Bay

Our first stop out of Addo after we broke camp this morning, was to fuel up at the 'Total Garage' in the Main Camp, fueling hours 07:00 until 18:00. 07:00 we arrived there ahead of a longish trip to the 'Garden Route' .... no body at the station!? A security guard (armed to the back-teeth, shotgun and all) told us, everyone was on strike... no fuel. Fortunately we were not desperate so we moved on. Next stop Addo (village), and there, 'load shedding'😖and so onto Port Elizabeth. Eventually fuelled up and headed on to Jeffrey's Bay=> Humansdorp => Plettenberg Bay=> Knysna and eventually Buffalo Bay.

Since arriving in the Western Cape, 'White Lines' are painted white, broken telephone poles destroying landscapes and wires hanging to the ground are non-existant, and first world 'Windfarms' are visible everywhere! For the first time since we left Nelspruit over 5 weeks ago we encountered the police contingents on the ground and directing traffic in the bustling town/city of Knysna, Traffic Cops were standing in for powerless traffic lights!

The campsite in Buffalo Bay, situated right on the far point out to sea is stunning. Our site itself is less than 20m from the High Water mark and the whole campsite again empty, with no more than 10 caravans. Love it, Love it, Love it! Facilities are great and even better, simply just no people! The weather since returning to the coast, in PE gale-force wind and heavily overcast, with rain expected in Buffalo Bay by 15:00. We sneaked in just ahead of the scheduled forecast, pitched camp and the rain, did not materialise!👍👊🏻 Whatever, it is just peaceful being back at the sea again!

Plans for our trip across the Baviaanskloof have now also been stalled, until Monday.

Our longtime mates, Bollie and Ghislain who we have not seen for nearly 10 years, and we were planning to see on Sunday for her Birthday, are now joining us in Buffalo Bay to camp the night tomorrow (on Sat). So, we will then spend Sunday (Birthday) with them and reschedule Baviaanskloof until Monday.

Love, Peace and Light
M&K
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