Hermanus... Strange name great place.

We said goodbye to Cape Town and made our way to Hermanus (for those of you playing at home it is said Her-mar-nes) via The Cape of Good Hope, or as we called it “The Cape of Goodness me it is Windy I hope I don't blow away.” We still cannot figure out if the two and a half hour detour was worth it or not. We did tick off the obligatory photos in front of the sign that told everyone the co-ordinates of where they were along with the other tourists. The best thing about the visit was when a lady asking Craig if he could take her photo was almost knocked off her feet by the wind into him. I would not recommend taking small children here as they may get picked up by an updraft and blown out to sea... On the other hand if you are on holidays and want to get rid of your pesky kids The Cape of Good Hope would be a perfect place to take them.

Feeling slightly wind blown we hopped into the car for our journey to Hemanus, we were treated with spectacular scenery of where the Atlantic Ocean meets the rocky cliffs. We drove along the cliffs and felt like we were in one of those emails you get of dangerous roads.. We saw some ostriches and even had to slow down for baboons. Baboons have no fear of cars it seems and will take their sweet time in getting out of the way. We were all on the look out for whales playing close in to shore but were not lucky enough to see any.

Once in Hermanus we were blown away by the bed and breakfast were we were to spend the night. It was amazing. It was just like being at home but only better! All the rooms overlooked the ocean and the cliffs. The owners there have done a really amazing job. It made us want to retire and open our own B&B there. It would be great to go back and spend a few nights there.

One thing that we were hoping to do was Great White Cage Diving, we unfortunately didn't get the chance as when we went to book the weather forecasts all said that there was going to be bad off shore storms and all the companies had canceled the trips at that stage, We are still holding a bit of a grudge against the weather man for being wrong and denying us a chance with the big fish when the weather turned out to be fine! Oh Well there is no use on dwelling on things that could have been, we still have a great adventure ahead of us.

Next Stop – Mossel Bay!