Before leaving St Francis Bay we took a trip to the seaside to watch the wales. But they
were far out and difficult to
see.
The trusses are placed in the slope. This is the same technique as used in Sweden.
To cover the whole roof many trusses are needed.
A new house under construction in St Francis with a traditional roofing material, a grass called Cape Reed.
Agapantus
A rose called Double Delight.
Outside Addo Elephant National Park there is a small animal farm with domesticated animals. It was called the touch
farm and shows that animals don't always have to be exotic.
On Saturday afternoon we came to Lupus
den, a B+B in the middle of a large orange plantation. We cooled ourselves off in the pool. The garden had many trees providing shade; this big one is a rosewood or
tipuana.
During the night there was a thunderstorm and it rained. The roads were in terrible shape when we left for
Addo.
We had booked a guided tour early on Sunday morning. The weather was clouded and it was bad conditions for a safari. We saw some of the great ones and some small ones. It was a little bit thrilling
anyway.
This elephant was just a young boy of 30 years but he was indeed impressive as he walked
quite close to the
car.
There where a lot of monkeys and we saw some buffalos.
This is a wart-hog, a real ugly creature.
When we left Addo it had started to rain, at times a very heavy rain. It was dark and dull.
We had decided to take route 62 and find a place to stay overnight
somewhere.
At first it seemed to be totally uninhabited in this part of the country but at last we found a nice B+B in Joubertina named Die
Kraaltjie.
We got a small farmhouse and the hostess helped us with a dinner basket with bread and butter, salad, eggs, cheese and wine and we had a nice
evening.
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