South Africa
Sketdrif

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    • Day 27

      Dolphin Coast to Winterton

      December 19, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Today we drove from Dolphin Coast to Winterton. It was quite a busy road going past Durban and Pietermaritzburg with quite a lot of roadworks but all together it was a pretty smooth drive. After stopping in Mooi River to get some groceries we continued driving to the farm we're staying at for the next few days. We were welcomed by a 12-year old boy, Hendrik, who showed us the way to the cottage. What a beautiful place surrounded by a lot of sweet animals, we love this place! This evening Matthew cooked us homemade delicious bobotie, my favourite South African dish. As a complete surprise Hendrik knocked on the door and brought some lovely pancakes with cinnamon and sugar which we ate as a dessert. As you could see we couldn't wait to eat them so the pancake had already been partly devoured 😅Read more

    • Day 28

      Canoeing and horseriding

      December 20, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C

      Unfortunately Matthew wasn't feeling too great today and I stayed with him for most of the day (both of us were having lots of stress about the documents for the visa application) but luckily we had a really nice, comfortable cottage so after making sure he was going to be okay I still went for a bit canoeing and swimming in the dam with 12 year old Hendrik and his 18 year old sister, Rika. What a beautiful place to be on the water surrounded by mountains and of course my competitive spirit couldn't say no when Hendrik wanted to race me in the canoes 😂
      After I went back to the cottage and had supper together with Matthew I got a message from our host asking if I'd like to do a bit of horseriding after Rika would come back from her ride. After that I still spent some time with her with the horses and we agreed on going on another ride together the next day. I really feel so at home at the farm with all the animals 😍
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    • Day 29

      Farm Winterton

      December 21, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      This morning I went out with Rika for some nice horseriding in this beautiful area. What a stunning surrounding and what amazing to explore the surrounding on horseback, this really made me feel so free again. In the afternoon we just took it easy and enjoyed the sun and the beautiful, massive yard with the dogs and cats coming up to us every now and then.Read more

    • Day 30

      Winterton

      December 22, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

      We are still waiting for documents that should have been delivered in Winterton per courier yesterday but still aren't here. These are the last documents we need so we can take them to an attorney and then to High Court to get an Apostille stamp and with those last documents we can finally do the visa application. Originally we planned to leave the farm today and drive to the next accommodation in Kestell but since the documents hadn't arrived yet, we decided to extend our stay here with another day. We are also trying to make a plan what to do now that the documents are delayed. So instead of going to the next accommodation we went to Winterton town to make some calls because we have almost no cellphone reception at the farm (which also explains the delayed blog updates, sorry) . Since it is so important for us to get this done before the end of this trip, we wanted to get some information about the possibilities between Christmas and New Year's and checking for the possibilities to change flight tickets and extend rental car. We did get some good news from High Court in Pietermaritzburg that they would be open between Christmas and New Year's. Unfortunately extending the rental car wasn't possible and we had to go back to Johannesburg airport and then check at the desk if we could get another car. So with this news to think about we went back to the farm where we were shown around a bit and taken to the river by Hendrik and for the rest we just took it easy and thought about what to do next with the lovely company of some of the dogs.Read more

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