This morning we woke up extra early because we wanted to drive to 3 more hours to spend the day at Jeffery’s Bay (a.k.a JBay). Since South African radio is basically non-existent, it was vital that we stopped at an electronic store in order to buy a couple of CDs. The selection was limited, so I ended up buy “This Is It” by Michael Jackson, Jimmy Cliff (reggae), and Now That's What I Call music 53 (NOW 53!!!!- I remember Now 6…way too many Nows…also, I think a better name for those ablums is WOW that what I call music…whatever though). In order to get to JBay, we went through Plattenburgh Bay, Knysa, and Tsitsikama National Park.
Once again, the landscapes were ridiculously gorgeous, and it was very green (lots and lots of pine trees).
JBay is known for the surfing that goes on there. The waves continuously role one after another, which seemed perfect for surfers (I’m guessing because what do I know about surfing?- very little). Anyway, we spent most of our time hanging out on Dolphin beach and playing in the Indian Ocean. We also rented some surf boards just to say that we had been surfing in JBay…no big deal. I got up the first two times I tried, which I was really impressed with, but then I didn’t get up for the next hour and a half. I also wasn’t catching the good waves either because I was too scared to go farther out from shore because I thought that the farther out I was, the higher chance that I’d be attacked by a shark (that's just a fact!). My own version of survival of the fittest…as long as there is someone farther out than me, I’ll be fine—that person is gonna get eaten and not me.
While chilling on the beach, we watched these little kids play fighting for about an hour, so I had to take some photos of them. They were super funny and very entertaining. Being on the beach and playing in the waves is soooooo much fun. Way better than playing in the Vermont snow!
We then went to this surf spot called Super Tubes, where there are much bigger waves, and way better surfers. So we watched the surfers for a while on top of a deck on the beach that was a prime viewing area.
We also saw this pretty funny sign just outside the viewing deck area at Super Tubes...made me giggle. Silly peguins.
At JBay we stayed at a hostel called JBay Backpackers. The hostel was basically empty, all 12 of us were able to stay in the one room with 13 beds in it.
That night, we ended up going to another hostel where some of our other friends were staying. This hostel was located right on the beach, and had its own big bar area with pool, foosball, and couches.
I actually ended up running into my friend Louis, who is really good friends with my roommate Carson back at Middlebury. I played pool with him against some South Africans, and once again I made no balls and we were slaughtered and embarrassed.
The next post will describe an unbelievable day, so definitely check soon to find out what I did the following day. EPOCHNESS! (this word is gonna catch on... you'll see).
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