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May 31, 2015

Cape Town, Garden Route and Baz bus Diary 2015

22-MarFlight to Cape Town. Watch Road, some Wild, Paddington.
23-MarCape Town. Chill out, such relief to be here. Fetch Matt from hockey. Mum for dinner.
24-MarCape Town. Blue Route to buy Matt game (Grand Theft Auto) Play game.
25-MarCape Town. Walk block. AOL Galore. Mum chat. GTA with Matt.
26-MarCape Town. AOL galore. GTA with Matt.
27-MarCape Town. To mum to get car + lunch. GTA with Matt.
28-MarCape Town. Blueroute with Matt, Jo, Ant. Buy lazer. To mum (lazer fun) To MaryAnn for dinner. Plenty of work on humour.
29-MarCape Town. GTA with Matt. Wilga and Norman for dinner.
30-MarCape Town. At home all day. Admin day. Spoke to Chrisel. Add lots of exercise music.
31-MarCape Town. To mum with Matt. Shop for shoes. Steak and chips. Apple store with mum. Work on compass (insights)
1-AprCape Town. Lots of Compass (expense and cash flow) Ant's family - nice salad lunch.
2-AprCape Town. To dentist. Then to Marcela for physio. To mum to set up computer (email especially) Overnight at mum's.
3-AprCape Town. Finish setting up computer for mum. Club house for fried hake. To Jo's for braai with Boting clan.
4-AprCape Town. Wake early to support Ant's run. Fun with Matt (BB gun duels, walk with M&S, serial killer) Lightroom photos. Cattle Baron with Botings.
5-AprCape Town. Easter egg hunt. Speak to Sue. Boting family and mum over for lunch. Enail for Jilly. Then to restaurant Fercuchio for amazing salad. Brainstorm hiking.
6-AprCape Town. Shopping for hike with Antony and Jo. To mum for night. Help her with computer. Speak briefy to Jilly.
7-AprCape Town. Day of stress. To mum, lunch at Woodside, shopping for ankle straps. Go fetch Chrisel at airport.
8-AprGarden Route. Drive to Nature's Valley to Piet and Ronnel. Drive to station to see Graeme (ranger). 4 km walk with Chrisel to hut.
9-AprGarden Route .Walk up hill to wonderful view. Feet fine! Walk to amazing hut with perfect view. Chrisel a bit distant, self conscious. Walking is fine! Swim in pool at 2nd hut. Chrisel cossie view (wow).
10-AprGarden Route.Walk down to car. Fetch my car and drive to petropoort. Mug n Bean. Walk up to hut. Swim in river under waterfall (climb down).
11-AprGarden Route. Walk back to petropoort. Drive to Storms River. Walk Otter to waterfall for amazing swim. Eat at restaurant and talk spirituality.
12-AprGarden Route.Drive to PE. Visit Doo Doo, Nicky, Ryan. Drive to Addo. Listen to music, massive cry. To shops for salad. Talk re spiritual stuff.
13-AprGarden Route. Addo Elephant park. Amazing views of elephants. To restaurant for piza and wine. Talk about speaking your truth and get very serious. Get Chrisel to log moments of joy.
14-AprGarden Route. Drive to MosselBay. CD's in car. Amazing Georgian Backpackers. Braai with Barnacle and German ladies. Eat in candlelight, lovely chat with Chrisel by fire.
15-AprGarden Route. Drive back to Cape Town. Stop at amazing place for vetkoek. Drive via Betties Bay and walk in Harold Porter Botanical Gardens.
16-AprCape Town. To Kirstenbosch to tree climb. Lovely red cappo at top restaurant. Mum to dinner.
17-AprCape Town. Work on photos. To Somerset West. To Franschoek to vist Chrisel's Tannie Mia for cake (eventually). Home for Chinese takeaway
18-AprCape Town. Up Lion's Head with Antony, Matt, Chrisel. Beach crawl to Clifton, Camps Bay, Hout Bay. To Sam's party.
19-AprCape Town. To Brass Bell for lunch with family. Then to Boulders Beach for swim.
20-AprCape Town. Up Skeleton Gorge with Chrisel. Mug n Bean for nice meal. Shop. To Jo's - mum for dinner. Ipad videos with Matt.
21-AprCape Town. To Hermanus. Wine route (Winehaven, Spookfontein.) Cliff walk. Seafood lunch. Road to Caledon.
22-AprCape Town. Cape Point. Shopping and car wash. Packing and gift. To mum's for dinner (lamb)
23-AprBaz bus. Lift from mum to Pinelands. Drive to Jeffreys Bay on Baz Bus. Arrive late to terrible service at Hard Rock. Walk to beach in dark. Drink wine, and hear about drug deal from English lady.
24-AprBaz bus. Jeffreys Bay. Move to Island Vibe. Walk to town and separate. Swim by self. To mall to buy memory card. Taxi guy. To dinner (chicken) where meet Chris and Norway girl. Sick with a cold. Back to room where Chrisel bubbly again. Discover Chrisel suffers from big mood swings. No wonder I'm struggling!
25-AprBaz bus. Jeffreys Bay. To breakfast for veggie juice. Very uneasy. Walk to hostel while Chrisel walks. Read. Long walk along beach. At bar with Chrisel where good again. Baz bus to PE. Hostel booking problem. Dorm. Girl gets up at 4 to pack.
26-AprBaz bus to Buccaneers. Long walk along beach past rivers with shells. Volleyball with corporate team. Buccaneers Chicken green curry meal. Wine and Ammarulla with Meggan and American girl.
27-AprBaz bus. Buckaneers. To breakfast with amazing views. Phone around - Coffee Bay or Port St Johns? Meditate, joy, birds come to me. Walk along beach with Chrisel down right side. More meditation. amazing swim floating on my back. To pizza restaurant. Volleyball. To dinner. To pub for nice chat with newly weds (Javed and Kate)
28-AprBaz bus. Buccaneers. Paddling along river with Chrisel. Fish eagle, kingfishers. Walk along beach. Snuck into Prana Lodge. Amazing swim. Back for Volleyball. Dinner Indian. To bar for drinking game. Red wine and Tequila.
29-AprPaddle along river at Buccaneers. Fish eagle, crested eagle. Shuttle to Hogsback with Dan - history lesson. Walk around town. Chill out at bar with fire. Amazing pizza.
30-AprBaz bus. Hike in Hogsback into valley, to waterfalls. Cliff walk. Amazing meditation. Pizza and wine in bar by fire. Chrisel and I sitting close.
1-MayBaz bus. Epic travel day. Taxi to East London. Swim at beach. Baz bus to Umtata. African taxi experience to Port St Johns Jungle Monkey. Lamb chops. Chrisel and I have "thin skin" chat.
2-MayBaz bus. Port St Johns. Go for hike with Buntu. To gap and blowhole and 3rd beach. Giant kingfisher. Trip with Mike, owner, to the cliff.
3-MayHike to The Lighthouse. Baz bus. Travel to Southern Drakensberg. African taxi to Umtatha. Baz bus to Kokstad. Taxi to Sani pass.
4-MayBaz bus. Hike from Sani Lodge in Southern Drakensberg. Gxalingenwa hike 5 hours. Short cut through hotel. Sublime hike.
5-MayBaz bus. Shuttle to Pietermaritzberg. Shop for Potjie at Spar. Baz bus to The Amphitheatre. Walk through grassland. Make Potjie.
6-MayBaz bus. Amphitheatre backpackers. Hike to Tugela Falls. Dinner (pork belly.). We discuss best and worst moments at dinner.
7-MayBaz bus. Go for walk in grassland by river. Baz bus to Joberg. Meet family and dogs and have dinner (vegie pasta).
8-MayJoberg. Late get up in dark room. Download photos. To Mug n Bean for wrap. To mall to see power banks and fleeces. Fetch Christopher from water polo. Play Lazer Tag and come 2nd. To Spur (ribs and onion ribs, pecan nut Sunday). To cinema: The Avengers 2.
9-MayJoberg. Watch Christopher play football, taking photos. Shop for utopia. Sushi. Sit outside at dusk. Indian takeaway dinner. Talk to Kevin re spirituality.
10-MayJoberg. Helped with greenhouse and finished it. Andreas and Monica came for amazing braai.
11-MayJoberg. Drive to Utopia via Hartepoort Dam. Chameleon village, buy presents for Kevin and Esle. Buy jam and wood. Go for walk along river. Make Potjie Kos.
12-MayJoberg. Fruit salad and toast breakfast. Walk into Mountain Sanctuary over fence. Amazing red rock canyon. Clean up. Drive home. To Christafa's play about Walt Disney.
13-MayBook taxi. Take photos of farm. To airport. Fly to Cape Town. Dinner with family,
14-MayWaffles (Tashas) with Matt. Buy Jo gift (foot massage). To buy lens with Jo. Mum & Mike for dinner.
15-MayWork on photos from trip. Watch Matt play hockey. To dinner with Jo, Ant, MaryAnne, John, Sean etc.
16-MayJo's card and birthday present opening. To mum, then to Sam's hockey. To istore to buy Mac for Jo. Set up Mac. To Cattle Baron for dinner.
17-MayEdit my holiday photos. Set up computer for Matt. Work on Chrisel reflections.
18-MayEdit my photos. Show Jo how to use Mac computer. More coputer set up. Learn to rename photos in Lightroom.
19-MayShop for food. Cook for family (lamb caserole on slow cooker). Download Wunderlist. Movie quiz with Matt
20-MaySet up Wunderlist and Evernote. Photo editing on Jo's computer.
21-MayTo mum. Work on Wunderlist. To dinne at The Barn with mum and Mike.
22-MayAt mum. Work on Todolist (migrating over). Blog Tsitsikama Hiking.
23-MayTo breakfast at Woodside. Some work. Home with Mike. To Jo and Steve for piza dinner. Watch The IT Crowd.
24-MayTo Rhodes Mem with Jo and Ant. Fun with Matt (app inventions). Watch IT Crowd.
25-MayTrain Jo on Lightroom & Evernote. Work on Compass (home.) To Cattle Baron with family (my treat). Watch IT crowd.
26-MayMigrate evernote. Set up Jo on Spotify.
27-MayTo Tokai forest with Jo for photography. Wow her with Lightroom. Watch Matt play hockey, beating Rondebosh 4 nil. Shopping to buy gifts for Matt and Sam (R450 itunes voucher) & Ant (wine.)
28-MayBreakfast at Tashas with Heather. Wine farm for platter with mum and Mike. To mum for night. Start reconnecting on Facebook.
29-MayWork, blogging. Lunch at woodside with mum (fish & chips). Back to Jo for dinner & help with Lightroom.
30-MayWith Jo to Kalk Bay to phone big waves. Dinner at mum (gammon).
31-MayAntony and Matt take me to airport. Fly home to Sydney. Work on Moments (Compass) at airport. Watched Hobbit 3.

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