The Garden Route begins

Left Cape Town late afternoon due to a slight hangover from the dinner party the night before. Drove to George, arrived at our Bed & Breakfast, walked to an itailian dinner for some dinner and passed out. The drive was, of course, stunning. Lots of vineyards, green hills, brown farms, I saw Ostriches! Again, photos have been taken, but I don't think they will do it justice. Drove as the sun was setting. African sunsets are just amazing!
Monday morning woke up, had a great breakfast included with the room, hence the name bed and breakfast. Lauren had arranged for a township tour ( where all of the poor, black people live, also known as shanty towns) with the owner of the B &B. Very weird morning. Bascially we paid a lot of money to be driven around parts of the city. This was by far the most disappointing experience of the trip so far. Not because of what we saw, but because of what we didn't see. However, we were taken to some schools which was really amazing. The children and teachers were all so beautiful and sohappy to meet us. I defintely teared up during this.
Afterwards, we continued driving along the coast to arrive at Plettenberg Bay, right on the beach! We are staying at a really great B&B hosted by some extremely nice people... Very romantic here, yeesh! Showered, drove to town and had some coctails while watching the sunset. Plett Bay is situated right on the Indian ocean, situated between mountains and it is just unbelievably beautiful... All of the restaraunts, bars, etc. overlook the bay and have open windows, etc.
Woke up this morning (Wednesday?) had breakfast. The sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky. We headed straight for the beach! Laid out until the kayak guy decided to show up , uh, around noon. Quickly signed up for sea kayaking and the three of us took off into the cold Indian Ocean. Within minutes we were surrounded by Bottlenose dolphin and seals!!!! I was nearly in tears the sight was just incredible. Every few minutes we would hear splashing, and heavy breathing from all around you, tons and tons of dolphins leaping in the air and swimming past. I was THRILLED!!! It was just amazing to be so close to those beautiful creatures. The animals that live on this continent are just amazing. In a month more or so, the killer, right and humpback whales would have been seen as well. Damn! Next time.
After two hours in the kayak, we needed a coctail! Laid out a bit more and then I went to sign up for scuba diving. Refresher coarse tomorrow, then boat dive, with ragged tooth sharks on Friday... Stay tuned!