We next went to a town called Knysna (pronounced Nice-na) that was one of our favorite towns on the trip. We stayed in a great hotel with an even greater employee that worked there named Jeffrey. He was the happiest, nicest person I think I've ever met. Every time we saw him, he had a huge toothy smile and would just make us laugh - so cute. Too bad I didn't get a picture of Jeffrey! After we checked into the hotel, Kristin said that she had seen some Guinea Fowl off the back porch of our cabin. I went out there and sure enough were a ton of them just running all around with their little babies. I'd never seen Guinea Fowl - I'm not sure if they even live in the States, but they were fun to see and feed bread to.
The next morning, we went to a nature reserve called Featherbed to see some beautiful views and plants. We took a half hour ferry to get over to the reserved and then a 4X4 up to the top so that we could then walk down. There are normally tons of flowers in the spring and summer, but since we were there at the tail end of summer, the flowers were not blooming much while we were there. The plants were still beautiful, including the aloe all around. We also saw a big land turtle and a lizard and a duiker, the smallest breed of antelope. We didn't see the duiker in the wild however, but in a pen after the walk. They were super cute. The views all around the walk were absolutely amazing,as you can see in these pictures - well worth the trip and one of Nancy's favorite things that we did!
Kristin and I later went to one of the beaches in Knysna and very much enjoyed the beautiful views. Kristin went on a jog and I caught up on some sleep. :D That night, we went to the braai that our hotel had out under the stars. It was such a wonderful meal with great South African wine, great company and a beautiful view.
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