Island Vibe

We got of the Baz bus at Island Vibe and by coincidence some of the girls we had met were also going to Island Vibe. We shared our dorm with Claire and Claire and Shaan and Katie where in the next dorm along. Lorna and Pippa where staying in a different hostel but where coming to Island Vibe the next day. We went straight to the bar and had a few drinks with the girls.

We woke up on the Sunday and the weather was quite bad we were planning to either go surfing or sand boarding but they where both cancelled because of the weather so we went for a walk around the town to the factory shops which sold mostly surf stuff. We had lunch in a cafe along the beach and then went back to our hostel. We sat in the bar and chatted to our new friends and practised our pool skills (Zoe is now a semi pro). We all signed up for the meal that they cook for everyone one and had grilled Hake with rice and salad it was so nice and only cost about 2 pounds. That night we sat around in the bar and chatted to the locals and learnt about surfing, had a game of limbo (which i won by the way) and went to bed hoping the weather would get better the next day.

It wasn't..... they guys at the hostel had arranged a group walk which we assumed would be a tour of J bay and info on the place but turned out to be a walk on the beach looking at jellyfish it was still nice though. We went back and had dinner before we had to leave again on the Baz bus.

We had to stop at Port Elizabeth just for the night before heading for Cintsa. We stayed at a place called Base camp Backpackers and the lady there was the funniest women we have ever met. The hostel was full of weird boys but luckily we were with all the girls and shared the same dorm. The lady showed us around, the place had a bathroom with a mirrored selling that looked like something out of a horror movie!! She told us stories which sounded very fictional and the place itself was quite bad but we all laughed about it and all said we were glad to be leaving the next morning.

We arrived at Cinsta at lunch time and had to say bye to Shaan and Katie who had to travel straight to Durban. Pippa, Lorna, Zoe and I were all sharing our own little cottage in the wood which overlooked a lagoon which was followed by the sea. The place was really nice except they had a slight ant problem which Zoe found hard to cope with and they also had a few Geekos which i had a problem with !! We met up with the two Clairs who where on there 2nd night at Cinsta. We decided to go canoeing which turned out to be very comical!! Lorna and I decided to go first and as i stood in the canoe it started to move apart from the bank so i held onto the bank and tried to pull the canoe back but it just kept moving and i ended up falling into the river, it was very funny and no one could help me as they were laughing to much !! Zoe and Pippa went in after and had a much more successful time. There was a mud fight in the afternoon but we just watched for a bit then ran away as we thought they would try and get us as we were clean!!

We signed up again for the hostel meal which was an Indian Buffet and we both said it was the best Indian we have ever had (even better than Alishan). We all went to the bar after and tried to teach the locals some drinking games.

On Wednesday we all went to the beach to sunbath as the weather was lovely except when we got down there the wind was really strong and we got sand everywhere. We were planning to go to a bonfire on the beach that night but we had to walk though the woods in the dark and were all to scared so we all just stayed in our cottage chatting the night away.

We got up early the next day which was Thursday to pack up and check out. We went to the supermarket to stock up on supplies as we were heading to a remote place called Bulungula which is a small place with huts on the beach in a Xhosa community.