Canoing, Rugby and a massive bungy jump...

Next we headed off to Wilderness, which is a beautiful town on the Garden Route. We had a fantastic view from our room of a lagoon surrounded by loads of trees. We hired a canoe and paddled up the river (I paddled, Tree just dipped the oar in the water occasionally). We then took a walk up to a waterfall and went swimming for about 10 seconds in the very cold water - obviously still warmer than Blackpool).
That evening was the big one - England v. South Africa. We ended up watching the match in the pub with some locals. Then about 20 oldies from what must have been a Saga holiday appeared. They stood up proudly for our national anthem. When England scored the try that never was I thought it was all going to kick-off. The hairy, mad locals against us and the geriatrics - we wouldn't have stood a chance. Fortunately South African won easily and we avoided another colonial battle (some of them were obviously there the first time). It was actually great to be in S.A. for the final. The South Africans are really passionate about their team and we've had a lot of good natured stick since Saturday.
Next we headed off to Plettenburg bay. Another lovely resort by the beach. Near here we drove to the Bloukrans River Bridge - home of the highest Bungee jump in the world at 216m. Without hesitation we both went for it. Tree went first and was very cool throughout. I too was ok. Not quite as scary as jumping out a plane. We apparently accelerated to 120kmh within 4 seconds. Those of you who know about my Frank Spencer tendancies will be relieved to hear that I avoided a comical accident on the world's highest bungee - although we are off to a snake farm shortly so who knows? Although it was all over very quickly it was an amazing feeling and would recommend it to anyone. The worst thing about the jump was that we had to get weighed first - as you can imagine it was bad news for both of us. We decided to go for a long hike the next day to get the exercise in. We walked in Robberg National Park and saw some fantastic scenery which included loads of seals along the cape. Its amazing in South Africa as we've not yet hit the safari but have already seen whales, sharks, penguins, ostriches and seals. Next stop is Addo national park, which is home to the elephants. I think we'll try and tame one and take it for a ride.