Day 6 Morgan Bay to Port St Johns

We crossed the ferry at Kei Mouth just outside Morgan Bay at 9:30, it had to be a high tide as the rain had washed plenty sand into the river mouth leaving sandbanks.

The ferry is licensed by SAMSA (no bloody way) or so it says and the drive on and off was easy.

Onto Mthatha - what a place, ceentre of the old Transkei and taxi madness everywhere.  Funnily enough the town seemed to be fairly prosperous (was that just because we were getting used to the rural poverty?) and we ate lunch at a Mikes Kitchen on the outskirts of the town.  Then down VERY rough road to the Toyota workshop to fix a sticking clutch which took all of 30 seconds with a pair of pliers and a bush mechanic, but at no cost at least.

From Mthatha we ventured off to Port St Johns, the road having many many roadblcoks and clogged with roadworks, the cops never stopped us though - must be my menacing straggly facial hair perhaps?

It's 20 years since we've been here and the place has deteriorated badly - we stayed previously in the Cape Hermes Hotel which is now a dillapidated husk, very sad indeed.

In Port St Johns we're staying at the Delicious Monster, good food in amongst the constant dog-yapping.



The view from Delicious Monster



The Delicious Monster

Today (Friday) we start off for Lusikisiki and the start of our 4x4 adventure, not sure if there will be any signal or eletricicty, but very excited nonetheless.

We are truly "Pondo'd". Its all good bru', no worries, cool bananas, it's all kiff - Port St Johns still has a fair number of alternative robe wearers around.