Route 62 to Wilderness

A short but interesting drive along Route 62, taking us over the Outeniqua Pass, around the town of George and past Victoria Bay, to Wilderness Retreat – an arrangement of thatched bungalows, interspersed with a great variety of tropical vegetation and a splash pool.After  a walk around the Lagoon and along the Beach ( now the Indian Ocean ), a shower was needed and the opportunity to wear a little, fluffy, white number! ” The Girls” restaurant was recommended and lived up to expectations ; its seafood platter was ” estupendo”, accompanied by a really dry Riesling, from Stellenbosch. South Africa is the eighth,biggest producer wine, world wide,1000 000 000 litres, and South Africans account for 53% of it; unsurprisingly, every restaurant, humble, or grand, has an extensive wine list, with tasting notes.

Another walk in the Wilderness National Park, planned for tomorrow, but mustn’t ” go jumping waterfalls ” – a line from a little celebrated McCartney song, comes to mind.