Port St Johns – Coffee Bay
Coffee Bay Campsite
203 km
Weather still amazing.
We woke up to a very wet and misty morning. We decided to take it slow as we needed to have the tent dryer than what it currently was.
Mom made an awesome breakfast of fried eggs and tomatoes with fried potatoes. .Yummy. A good breakfast to start the day where we have some serious driving to do.
We headed for the lighthouse and landed up walking up a hill for about 2.5 km. Again very pretty scenery and a very rugged coast line. Being a ship traveller in these waters must have been quite nerve wrecking. Landing up on these rocks with such high cliffs, must have been terrifying. Thank goodness to these light houses.
This light house for me is one of the prettiest ones around. The write up about this lighthouse is really cute…. “Even lighthouses have a dream of having their own sea-side patch of grass on the perfect hillside bordered by a little wooden picket fence.” This says it all.
Mom and me strolled down this hill and left Port St Johns feeling energised and fit enough to take on the next adventure. We had a quick snack and a cold drink and hit the road.
This was quite an uneventful drive, but it did take most of the day. Driving through lots of little villages and people selling goods on the side of the road.
We arrived in Coffee Bay and headed for the Camp site. A good friend of mine suggested that we don’t go to Coffee Bay as it is a questionable place, but Im glad I did come here. The camp site is rather rustic but situated in a forest it is very pretty, the bird life is amazing… This includes the mosquitoes. They are quite happy to feast on you and even when you have killed about 20, they still keep arriving.
The beach on the other side of the fence is a beach =like I have never seen. The sand has been replaced by rock and pebbles. No sand visible. Very interesting. Will come tomorrow in explore a bit further. Time to hit the duvet as I am exhausted. The night sounds are deafening. I suppose the forest is alive. Sleep tight.
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