South Africa Part Four

We continued our trek towards Blomfontein and Johannesburg, stopping for the night in Mosselbay. This night is fondly known among our group as the night of 1,000 shivers. We stayed in a really charming hotel accommodation called the Santos Express. It is an old fashioned train parked permanently on tracks right on the beach with beautiful ocean views. However, this is a stay best booked in the summer months. There was no heat in the train car and minimal insulation, not enough bedding, over all a bit more rustic than any of us had bargained for. I like to think I have a pretty high tolerance for cold as a Michigander, but this was a new level for me. At some stage I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and realized I could use the bath towel in the bathroom as an extra layer for warmth. Mosselbay was beautiful, but none of us were sad to get in the VW van and blast the heat en route to pick up Trent from the airport so he could finally join us for our final week of the trip. We stopped in Harold's Bay after we picked up Trent, from what he described as, a harrowing flight into a tiny airport on a completely unbranded airplane. Harold's Bay was so charming, we collected seashells and explored the shore during low tide. We stayed the night in Knysna, Trent built us a huge fire in the fire place and we all agreed we wished we could stay more than one night enjoying the AMAZING views from our Airbnb.