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South Africa, Knysna

The next stop we made in the pretty town of Knysna where we spent one night in the "Knysna Backpackers" and had a lovely evening with great food and nice stories served by Hannes, the manager.




South Africa, Witsand

In Cape Town we rented a little car to go along the South African coast. Our first stop we made in Witsand which reminded us a lot of Los Osos, CA and where we stayed for four days

 Lions? Not yet!



the famous south african blue cranes

On our trip to De Hoop National Park Stefan had to help to ferry across the river

dassies - they are everywhere in South Africa














Witsand is known as THE Whale Nursery of Southern Africa, due to the record number of Southern Right whales that migrate to St. Sebastian Bay annually between June and November

Elands grazing in the evening sun









We would have liked to stay a little longer but were already a little short of time...

South Africa, Cape Town

After a last short stop in Hong Kong we arrived in South Africa on September 9th 2010 in the early morning


This looks more like the US Westcoast, will we find Africa behind the mountain?









Don´t the Indian women look cute in their western clothes?



 On our trip around the cape we also saw the first wild animals on the continent