Yesterday we left the little village of Franshoek and headed for the area called Klein Karoo and our ostrich farm at the De Zeekoe guest house near Oudtshoorn (the principal center of this area). The drive of approximately 400 hundred kilometers took us through the same mountain pass that connects with Hermanus but then turns west through the Brede River Valley, the Overberg and ultimately to Klein Karoo. Apologies for the lack of pictures but we had to move along to make it to the hotel - a 6 hour trip. We passed through country that looks like a slightly greener Nevada desert surrounded by rocky eroded mountains.
The Brede river valley is a n agricultural area of grapes orchards, cattle and hay and is the heart of one of the main areas of Africaanes (Dutch settlers). Although pricipally agricultural the road does pass through mountain passes and little English villages that are vacation spas for English tourists. We reached our destination located on a farm that looks like a cattle ranch except the "cattle" are ostriches in pens. After a dinner of ostrich and springbok we watched the sun go down in this very quiet land.
This morning we are having breakfast of GUESS WHAT: Scraambled ostrich eggs and springbok saausage! A theme is being established. We are going to visit the world faamous Cango Caves more on that later.
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