Whilst in Coffee Bay there was a guide taking people on treks up the coast to a small remote village called Bulungula. It was about 33k and about 8 hours of walking, but it sounded like a great trip through some very remote country so we joined him for a bit of adventure. We were joined by a couple of blokes Paya from France and Tom from Italy. We were guided by the charismatic Silas and his apprentice Isaac.
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| The hike begins..... |
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| Into the hills. |
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| Without a guide we would have been well lost !!! |
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| Lunch stop at a Shabeen (illegal Drinking den). |
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| OK then one more beer. |
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| Gillian gets to know a few of the locals !! |
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| Not sure about the homebrew though !!!! |
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| We bumped into these two dapper looking chaps in their tweed outfits. As we approached they knelt down, and bowed their heads before talking to our guides. The story is they have just become men i.e. 18 and have just been through the ceremony to be circumcised as is the custom for the local Xhosa people. They were kneeling in respect to their elders Silas and Isaac who passed on words of wisdom! |
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| Local girls carrying wood home for their fires. |
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| Dean lends a hand ! |
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| We stopped at one of the guides friends house who gave us some food. "Samp" a local dish containing beans and maize. |
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| and of course some local drinks !!!! Mielie Pap (maize porridge yum yum). |
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| Finally we made it to Bulungula, a small remote Xhosa community on the Wild Coast. |
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