May 28th
Rainy, stormy day! It’s the first miserable day since we started the trip. Its my birthday! My kids have made cards and woke up getting hugs and kisses from family! They had been buying little gifts from many souvenir shops on our stops. I am not a shopper – I take a look and walk around outside breathing in the country air. These guys had stocked some jams, chutneys, candles, ostrich feather pencils and all stuff which I don’t know what to do with! I only buy one fridge magnet from the places I visit.
At around 12 we were brave enough to think of going out. Knysna has a nice lagoon from the sea. The sea itself enters the lagoon from a narrow opening in what they call Knysna heads! We drove up the cliff for a better view. Lovely houses here. Some of them on the cliffs have nice big windows all open to the Indian Ocean. Many of them are on sale. But you cannot the ignore the boards on all of them – Protected by Guns/Security/dogs… All of them live in fear? I actually saw a board near Cape Town – put by the govt that said – Beware of criminal activity at night.
Started raining again and we decided to go into the only Indian restaurant in town. It was full and spilling over with the Kesari group. Ran away from there into a lovely Thai place.
For dinner, Kiran looked up a swanky place – only it was far out – almost near Plettenburg Bay – the next town. It was called Zinzi in a resort called Tree Tops. It was cold and dark and we lost hope that we will find this. But once inside it was a fabulous place. Afro-Mediterranean food with lots of veg options and they went out of their way to make my dinner better. Felt pampered – just like how one should feel on birthdays!
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