Thursday, July 1
Knysna, RSA to Mossel Bay, RSA (113km or 70mi)
Our day got started early with breakfast being slipped through our door at 7:30am. We enjoyed breakfast in bed, then headed down to Knysna [1]‘s waterfront for some shopping and got some great souvenirs. We hopped back on the N2 and were driving the Garden Route [2] by 10:30am. The Garden Route ends at Mossel Bay [3] (wiki [4]). We stopped here to get a better look at the beaches and drive through the city a bit. We wanted to pick up some coffees and happened on the ridiculously cute Fynbos Shoppe & Coffee Shop. It was so cute that it was almost a shame to take our cappuccinos to go – but we wanted to see what else our South African Road Trip Adventure had in store for us… and we had a pretty good idea of what we wanted to do next.
Knysna Waterfront (and the Drydock Food Co. [5] from last nights awesome dinner):
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Cute little shops at Knysna waterfront selling all sorts of arts & crafts, souvenirs and more:
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This pub near Knysna’s waterfront reminded us of Josh’s folks’ favorite pub, Olde P [11], in Kalamazoo!
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The drive in to Mossel Bay:
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The edge of Mossel Bay:
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The portion of today’s drive that finished the Garden Route:
View Larger Map [18]
The whole Garden Route, in context:
View Larger Map [19]