The Wild Route

The next morning we woke up very early to drive the "Wild Coast route" and wild it sure was.  Beautiful landscapes and countryside much more of an "African" experience which we had been told and were looking forward to, but very crazy roads.  Constant sharp turns, potholes, dirt roads with people and animals walking in them.

Also we drove through small little crowded towns with live markets and auctions.  It was quite the challenge to drive of course about 2 hours to Coffee Bay, where we made a pit stop for lunch.  Then continued onto Port St. Johns which was literally just a layover on our way to Durban to return the rental car.   That trip in total driving was about 14 hours, which should have been a lot less minus all the obstacles, but a great experience.

auctions 

countryside

It was an awesome experience seeing the locals in their traditional "garb".  It was crazy seeing them walk miles to where they needed to go, especially early Sunday morning all dressed up, walking miles to church.

How they lived and worked was incredible.

The next morning we safely returned our rental car we named Nala and our GPS we named Mufasa (obvious Lion King characters) after 6 fun days of driving the Garden Route and the Wild route over more than 1,016 miles !

sunday church