Every cloud has a silver lining

Continuing with weather related metaphors…😉 yes - having swallowed the disappointment of the camper van story, we then checked what we could do in the vicinity of Port Elizabeth, aided in that by our host at the lodge. We went first to VW factory (see previous post) and then drove to Schoenmakerskop, as we were told we could walk a trail: the Sacramento trail. We were itching to move after almost a week of car/safari and 3 full meals a day (waistlines expand fast).
Sacramento refers to a Portuguese boat that sunk there in 1647, there were 72 survivors who decided to walk to Mozambique, only 7 survived the journey.
The village is by the ocean and large posh houses (with less security than the houses you see in towns) are everywhere.
The hike followed the coastline and was 8km long, we were faced with massive sand dunes along the way. We were a bit tired fighting against the wind but happy to have moved.
We took the road again and drove to Jeffrey’s Bay to check in our next guest house.Read more