Mossel Bay

Sunday we went to church in the George Branch. It was up 2 flights of stairs but many strong faithful people were there.

After church we drove south west to Mossel Bay to look around a bit and have a late lunch or early dinner. The best part was after dinner when we went to the tide pools and found some cute little shells. I've also included a photo of a lovely African lady who was watching children as they swam.

 

O, M & B part 2

After lunch we drove further east to Monkeyland where hundreds of monkeys live. There are many kinds of monkeys from all over the world which have been rescued from various situations.

 After visiting Monkeyland we went to Birds of Eden which is a huge aviary with rescued birds. Since I like birds better than monkeys I've put a few more photos.

 

 

 

Ocean, Monkeys & Birds! Part 1

On Saturday the 17th we went to Plettenberg Bay to go whale watching but no whales were observed. We did see some amazing common dolfins and South African fur seals. The boat was pushed out from the beach and on our return revved up its motors and slammed back into the sand!    

Lunch was fish & chips eaten overlooking the beach. Unfortunately, I got bombed by a bird .

George, South Africa

We stayed in George from December 16-23. It's on the Indian Ocean. Our hotel was the Protea King George Hotel which had lovely big rooms and air conditioning. Five of the couples stayed here and four stayed at a wonderful bed and breakfast near the middle of town. 

Where in the world are we?

We drove from Jo'burg to George in the south. But the country we drove through is not what we expecting. It could have been Wyoming except we saw Elands and Springboks instead of pronghorns! We also saw a monkey beside the road. Long 14 hour drive due to heavy traffic on the N 1 highway but it got better later. I hope to post more of our week with 8 other 

missionary couples.

 

Appliances

This may be a strange post, but I had to document the great innovations on a couple of our appliances. Maybe they aren't unusual but we've never seen them elsewhere!

The long blue box you see pulled out of our dryer is the condenser collector. It collects the water removed from clothes and has to be emptied after each drying cycle. When I dried towels it was nearly full. It is necessary since there isn't a dryer vent to outside.

The refrigerator has a reservoir under a shelf in the door that holds water. We have to fill it when it gets low but we can then get cold water from the door. Unlike my refrigerator at home it doesn't have to be attached to a water source. I think these are nifty ways of having modern appliances without a lot of work to an old building!