So trip of a life time part 3, and figuring plans for the 4th trip
Rhinoster Hoek is about an hour north of Port Elizabeth with a view that is tough to beat, the peak of Cockscomb mountain always a reminder of the wonders of where we were. I will be getting on the full trip report once i sort through the pictures and trying to put things into place. A great visit to Addo Elephant park and the wives went off one other day for spa treatment, had to change venues due to the tire burning across the highway closing Addo down for a few days, but at least we got to experience the labor struggle in SA
The weather was not too bad, cool in the mornings and night and warming up nicely throughout the day, even had rain and one morning a little frost. The mountain weather didn't work out for me this year, had plans to get up to Cockscomb but clouds and rain put a damper on that, its not a trip that can be done on the fly, the mountain rivers can be impassable at times.
The flight from Toronto had no problems, except the French cabby that took us to the wrong hotel in Paris and me forgetting my iPad on the flight. Flights home were a little different as SA express was apparently grounded so we had an extra flight thrown in the mix with not much waiting time, from PE to Jo'Burg we literally had to run to the next boarding ramp to catch it on time, and the worry that luggage wouldnt make it. But luggage made it and made it home safe and sound. Only complaint about the flight was we had upgraded to duo seating (not much of an upgrade but much more cosy) and got on the plane to find out we didn't get our seats, but too tired to fight after everyone was onboard so a quick dispute the charges and money put back in my account. Not sure if that mess up was when we tried to upgrade to business class once we landed in Cape Town, either way my long legs managed to come out with just puffy ankles
Rhinoster Hoek is about an hour north of Port Elizabeth with a view that is tough to beat, the peak of Cockscomb mountain always a reminder of the wonders of where we were. I will be getting on the full trip report once i sort through the pictures and trying to put things into place. A great visit to Addo Elephant park and the wives went off one other day for spa treatment, had to change venues due to the tire burning across the highway closing Addo down for a few days, but at least we got to experience the labor struggle in SA
The weather was not too bad, cool in the mornings and night and warming up nicely throughout the day, even had rain and one morning a little frost. The mountain weather didn't work out for me this year, had plans to get up to Cockscomb but clouds and rain put a damper on that, its not a trip that can be done on the fly, the mountain rivers can be impassable at times.
The flight from Toronto had no problems, except the French cabby that took us to the wrong hotel in Paris and me forgetting my iPad on the flight. Flights home were a little different as SA express was apparently grounded so we had an extra flight thrown in the mix with not much waiting time, from PE to Jo'Burg we literally had to run to the next boarding ramp to catch it on time, and the worry that luggage wouldnt make it. But luggage made it and made it home safe and sound. Only complaint about the flight was we had upgraded to duo seating (not much of an upgrade but much more cosy) and got on the plane to find out we didn't get our seats, but too tired to fight after everyone was onboard so a quick dispute the charges and money put back in my account. Not sure if that mess up was when we tried to upgrade to business class once we landed in Cape Town, either way my long legs managed to come out with just puffy ankles
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