Today was laid back and anything but stressful. I slept in (well I tried - the room gets very light once the suns up), got up ate breakfast and then figured out what I wanted to do.
Here's the thing, there are taxi's around East London, just not very prevalent in the area where I am staying and it's a little to far to walk to the main attractions of East London.
Since I didn't think I wanted to walk miles upon miles I decided instead to take advantage of the beach...yup the same one I was at Sunday night. After grabbing my camera and walking 20 minutes I made it to the beach, it was amazing! The weather was perfect, the views spectacular, so I walked around, climbed a small sand dune, and had a nap all before heading back to the guest house.
After I decided that it was time to leave, ( I was getting hungry because I hadn't taken food with me) I started walking back down the beach towards the road where I meet a couple with their great-grandson.
We started to have a conversation about all sorts of random things, but I think the whole reason the conversation started was so I could get 'grandmotherly advice.' She told me they were both over 80 and that 'times are different now, you have to be careful. It's not safe to be out walking by yourself.' She then proceeded to tell me that 2-3 years ago there was a girl raped and killed along the beach were I was walking...alone. I just nodded my head and said 'yes, I'll be careful, but this place feels very safe.' I made it back to my guest house without any problems.
That was my day today. Non-exciting and very relaxing. Tomorrow I'm up early again (6am) to leave for the airport by 6:30 so that I can head to Johannesburg/Pretoria for a few days. It's sad to think that my time in East London is over. I've really enjoyed it here the people are very friendly and welcoming.
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| My room at the the Giggling Gecko...the widows are amazing an let in lots of light...except that makes it difficult to sleep in. I don't know if I got spoiled with having a dark cabin with no windows. I could sleep until noon and still not want to get up. Maybe, windows are a good thing. At least, I know when it's time to get up. |
Since I didn't think I wanted to walk miles upon miles I decided instead to take advantage of the beach...yup the same one I was at Sunday night. After grabbing my camera and walking 20 minutes I made it to the beach, it was amazing! The weather was perfect, the views spectacular, so I walked around, climbed a small sand dune, and had a nap all before heading back to the guest house.
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| The views were absolutely amazing! |
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| Indian Ocean |
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| The waves coming in on Nahoon Point |
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| The waves off of Nahoon Point: apparently this is a world class surfing location. |
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| I'm standing on the shores Nahoon Point while the Indian Ocean is covering my feet. |
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| The white sands of Nahoon Beach |
We started to have a conversation about all sorts of random things, but I think the whole reason the conversation started was so I could get 'grandmotherly advice.' She told me they were both over 80 and that 'times are different now, you have to be careful. It's not safe to be out walking by yourself.' She then proceeded to tell me that 2-3 years ago there was a girl raped and killed along the beach were I was walking...alone. I just nodded my head and said 'yes, I'll be careful, but this place feels very safe.' I made it back to my guest house without any problems.
That was my day today. Non-exciting and very relaxing. Tomorrow I'm up early again (6am) to leave for the airport by 6:30 so that I can head to Johannesburg/Pretoria for a few days. It's sad to think that my time in East London is over. I've really enjoyed it here the people are very friendly and welcoming.
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