Postsbetterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 4 min readPlettenberg Bay and the Robberg Nature ReserveAfter our awesome wildlife experience in the Addo Elephant Park , that marked the highlight of our Road Trip there was no way that anything could top that. Nevertheless, we had planned one or the other stop for the way back to cape town. one of them was Plettenberg Bay which we just drove past on our way to Addo. Plettenberg Bay is a…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 7 min readAddo Elephant NationalparkThe main reason and the final destination of our south african road trip always was the Addo-Elephant-Nationalpark about an hour drive north of Port Elizabeth . The Nationalpark is a 1640 km² wildlife park and the biggest one on the eastcape. It was founded in 1931 to protect the last eleven remaining Elephants who have not yet fallen…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 4 min readGarden Route - Wilderness SectionAfter our stop in Mossel Bay and our first wildlife experience in the Botlierskop Game Reserve our trip continued into the famous Garden Route Nationalpark . The Park consists of three sections, Wilderness, Knysna and Tsitsikamma . Unfortunately I wasn´t feeling very well during that time. That´s why we could not hike that much…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 7 min readMossel Bay and the Botlierskop Game ReserveAfter our very unexpected horrible night, at the at least beautiful looking farm we packed our bags and left that place after breakfast. We went on to our next stop Mossel Bay which is a bigger town and the actual start of the 300km long and famous Garden Route . Mossel Bay itself isn´t really the nicest town although there are a few…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 5 min readHermanus - The Capitol of Whale watchingWe´re on the road a bit over a week now along the east coast of South Africa and we´ve been closer to Wildlife than ever before. But before I tell you about it let me start at the beginning of our trip 8 days ago. We started in Cape Town and only drove a bit more than 100km to a town called Hermanus . Hermanus is a absolute must if you…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 3 min readThe African Penguin on the Cape PeninsulaBefore we started our road trip to the Garden Route 2 days ago we drove down the Cape Peninsula to see the famous African Penguin. On the east side of the peninsula there is a beach called Boulders Beach . This beach lays in a town with the name Simons Town , here you will have a 100% chance to see the wild african penguin.…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 3 min readFirst Hike in Cape Town South AfricaOr should I rather called it the first attempt to hike? Anyway, Yesterday we thought it´s time for the first adventure here in Cape Town before we´re leaving for our 3 weeks Garden Route Road Trip. We went out of the house as early as possible as it is still quite hot here. As we do not feel very fit at the moment and need to practice to hike…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 2 min readCape Town - First ImpressionsWe made it - after a shitty flight from Lisbon to Cape Town via Frankfurt we finally made it to the city of Cape Town and into our Apartement in Vredehoek. As I´m going to blog a lot about our 3 months stay here I´m going to let you have my first Impressions although we´re very tired. Since we arrived this morning we were met by friendly people…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 3 min readFrom Praia to Praia - Another day of Hiking on the AlgarveLast week I covered another short part of the famous hiking trail on the Algarve in Portugal. This time I only did a short walk from Praia do Burgau , a beautiful little beach in the village of the same name, Burgau . I´ve to admit that this was definitely the most "boring" part of all the walks I did here till then. It also was the…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 3 min readPraia da Cordoama - West Coast's finestOn some days, like today, we just decide to skip work, have a good breakfast and hit the road. As there is not much left we haven´t seen here on the Algarve n Portugal, we decided to drive towards the west coast. We haven´t been there since a while and on sunny, calm days like today, you usually do not get disappointed. Well, I was right, it was…betterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 3 min readMonday Afternoon Hike - Praia do CanavialHiking on the Algarve in Portugalbetterthanhome in # blurt • 4 yr. ago • 4 min readExploring Beaches and Forte de Vera CruzAfter completing another bit of the famous Algarve hiking track a few days ago, we were ready for even more yesterday. In my previous post I told you about the section from the little beach village of Salema until a point were we could already see the Forte de Vera Cruz were we turned around. As we want so see as much as possible…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 2 min readThe longest piece of ArtYesterday I´ve passed a wall painting which I consider to be the longest pice of Art I have ever seen. Not talking about general size, because I´ve seen way bigger murals. This painting, that I´ve spotted out of the car many times, stretches over at least 50m of wall I would guess and it is pretty cool. You can imagine that getting such a big…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 4 min readA foggy Hike in SalemaFinding a new Hiking spot here on the Algarve, in the south of Portugal is quite easy as there are more than 100km of hiking trails across the coast. Yesterday we covered another part of these hiking trails in the south east Algarve. As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I will try to cover as much of these trails as possible, but step by…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 1 min readMore Art from the Streets - Silves, PortugalContinuation of my previous post about the art of the streets of Portugal. As said many times already, finding street art here in Portugal isn´t that hard. In fact you just need to open your eyes and don´t look into your smartphone all the time, then you will see it. I also stated before that it seems to be normal here to paint the…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 3 min readHike to Forte de AlmádenaJust recently I felt like I want to do something else than just surfing again. Surfing is fun and good physical exercise but it gets a bit monotone from time to time and then I need to go for a hike. For those who don´t, the Algarve in Portugal is not only a surfers paradise but a hikers paradise as well. Almost the whole southern coastline is…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 4 min readSagres - Algarves capital of surfingAlthough Sagres, the westernmost town in the Algarve, has become something like the capital of surfing, you can also experience something here apart from surfing. Especially when none of the mighty winter swells squeeze into the beautiful beaches of this small town. That was the case yesterday, after quite some heavy swell days and some rain…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 2 min readArt from the Streets - Lagos, PortugalI´ve been out and on the hunt for some StreetArt again and I´ve found some pretty cool paintings. Lagos surprises me with new StreetArt almost everytime I walk into town. It´s not like that these paintings are new I just haven´t seen them before. Sometimes you need to walk one and the same way a few times before you realise you´ve passed an…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 3 min readPortimão Beaches - It´s Portugal but it looks like AustraliaEvery time I walk at any beach here on the Algarve in Portugal I feel like I´m in Australia. The south coast of Australia in particular looks similar. The similarity of the beaches of Portimao to those on the famous Great Ocean Road is really amazing. View onto Praia do Amado We've been to Portimão several times, but mostly just for…betterthanhome in # blurt • 5 yr. ago • 4 min readBelém - A Portuguese cultural heritageEven though we didn't have a lot of time or a plan about what to do on our Lisbon trip, we knew very well that we wanted to go to Belém. The fact that it is right on the water alone makes it very attractive and that's exactly why this small part of the city has become so famous. It has also been classified as a Portuguese cultural heritage by…
