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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Debs[/i] [br]This is the name of a village by the sea on the Garden Route in South Africa. The village has about 30 houses, and a restaurant and general store. And a beach! There is a camping ground nearby which has a few basic cabins (with just beds, a table, a kitchen counter with a kettle and some crockery and cutlery). We stayed in a cabin that overlooked a river inlet. [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/turehu/NaturesValleycabin.jpg[/IMG] One day we were there a baboon jumped onto the railing and then onto the door to try and get the handle and open it! I had to hold the door shut and bang on the window to get it to go away...it was after our food. This is what I managed to catch on camera: [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/turehu/monkeyvisit.jpg[/IMG] I also saw a creature just outside the cabin after dark and I am not sure what it was - it could have been a large monkey, a porcupine or a dog - but it had a round shape and seemed to be shaggy or long haired...?! The village is next to a huge inlet, [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/turehu/NaturesValley.jpg[/IMG] (it was very misty there) and the waves just outside the entrance to the inlet were enormous! We sat in the sand dunes watching the waves, the seabirds and the mist rolling around the bush-clad hils - it was very unspoilt, wild and beautiful. We have been to South Africa 3 times (since it is DH's homeland) but my favourite place to visit was Wilderness - hope to go back there some day! [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.