Because we were ahead of schedule, we decided to head all the way south to the Garden Route of South Africa. This required a few random stops that ended up being wonderful. The first was a stop in Bitterfontein and the Dawn Ridge guest lodge. The owners, Dawn and John, were really hospitable, if not a bit eccentric.
They gave us a great deal, dorms for the price of camping, and let us use their well-stocked kitchen and watch movies from their extensive DVD collection. They also let us do laundry! For a small extra fee, Dawn and John made us an amazing breakfast with fresh herbs and vegetable from their garden. There was not really anything else there, though, so we reluctantly moved on the next morning. Outdshoorn, our next random stop, turned out to be one of the places that we should have put on our itinerary. The pass into Oudtshoorn, Swapberg Pass, was breathtaking.
Then, we stopped in the town because it was getting too dark to drive. That night, though, we found so many fun things to do in the area that we decided to stay the whole next day. Our day started with Ostrich egg omelets, compliments of Alex. One egg is the equivalent of twenty-four chicken eggs! It was enough for all of us and then some.
Then, we rented mountain bikes, which we used to explore the surrounding area, starting with Cango caves—Africa’s largest caves.
From there we headed to Cango Ostrich Farm, where we got to have some strange interactions with ostriches. I got “hugged”, “massaged”, and bitten on the nose by this one.
This last interaction may have been a result of the fact that I had Ostrich breath from the Ostrich Kebabs (yum!) we ate immediately before taking the tour. Also, Regina was chosen to ride an ostrich,
and we all got to sit/stand on ostrich eggs, which are very strong.
Because we were ahead of schedule, we decided to head all the way south to the Garden Route of South Africa. This required a few random stops that ended up being wonderful. The first was a stop in Bitterfontein and the Dawn Ridge guest lodge. The owners, Dawn and John, were really hospitable, if not a bit eccentric. 
They gave us a great deal, dorms for the price of camping, and let us use their well-stocked kitchen and watch movies from their extensive DVD collection. They also let us do laundry! For a small extra fee, Dawn and John made us an amazing breakfast with fresh herbs and vegetable from their garden. There was not really anything else there, though, so we reluctantly moved on the next morning. Outdshoorn, our next random stop, turned out to be one of the places that we should have put on our itinerary. The pass into Oudtshoorn, Swapberg Pass, was breathtaking. 
Then, we stopped in the town because it was getting too dark to drive. That night, though, we found so many fun things to do in the area that we decided to stay the whole next day. Our day started with Ostrich egg omelets, compliments of Alex. One egg is the equivalent of twenty-four chicken eggs! It was enough for all of us and then some. 
Then, we rented mountain bikes, which we used to explore the surrounding area, starting with Cango caves—Africa’s largest caves. 
From there we headed to Cango Ostrich Farm, where we got to have some strange interactions with ostriches. I got “hugged”, “massaged”, and bitten on the nose by this one. 
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