Day 10 - From sea to shining sea

Today was a travel day - from Plettenberg Bay to De Kelders was 41/2 hours.  It was also Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. It was  a rainy day - but since we spent a good portion of it in the car, we didn’t mind. It’s our understanding that much of South Africa is experiencing a severe drought -so any rain is welcome.  

Rich is getting used to the driving, though he keeps an iron grip on that right side steering wheel 

Traffic behavior is odd too - most trucks pull off the road onto the shoulder to let cars pass them. 

Most of these photos are from inside the car on a rainy day - so pardon the quality.  But it gives you a sense of the diverse ecosystems in the Western Cape on route N2. 

Coastal vistas:

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Lush mountains:

Farmland:

Wine regions:

And rocky volcanic looking mountains:

But all was sunny when we arrived at our new Airbnb home n De Kelders. We could see whales right from our little balcony. 

They are hard to photograph - hopefully we’ll get a better shot tomorrow when we head to Hermanus which is a top 12 in the world whale watching city.  But we enjoyed watching them from our new digs. Happy hour at out place with whales wine and binoculars - who could ask for more? 

We did did stretch our legs on a little ocean walk nearby. 

It has sea caves. 

And pretty great views.