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Fill your stomach, pack your bags, and start your leisurely tour. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info walks down the stairs next to the chalet to the lawn in front of the so-called creek; When you turn around and look up, you will see a small wooden house that looks like a stilted building.

Returning from the original road, there is a spacious and beautiful "chicken coop" on the side of the wooden plank road leading to the restaurant, which is very clean, and there is no peculiar smell when walking on the side; Passing by the "chicken coop" is the restaurant, bar and lounge, which is divided into indoor and outdoor restaurants. The dining room was unattended, and drinks and food were ready on the table.

Yesterday when I checked in, Yunluo forgot that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's room did not include breakfast, and the boss enthusiastically said that if Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo want to have breakfast, they can enjoy drinks, coffee and food here, and put the key on the refrigerator when leaving, and is a lovely European.

Although the hosts are informal, the inn exudes meticulousness, from the napkin rack on the dining table to the wine bottles in the room, and even the message pens and keychains decorated with ostrich feathers.

Back at the door of the room, Xiao Zhou's car had just driven into the yard, and Annie, who lived in the wooden house next door, beckoned Yunluo to eat the freshly fried ostrich eggs, and ran to the stove in the next room while Xiao Zhou and Nalan Shiqi were busy carrying their luggage.

I saw a large plate full of golden scrambled eggs, and it is said that one ostrich egg can feed two people for one week. Yunluo stuffed two mouthfuls into his mouth, super tender! With a mouthful of ostrich eggs in his mouth, he ⊕got into the car and set off for the "ostrich park" (listen, why is it so sinful?!). ）。

The ostrich egg is currently the largest egg in the world, naturally, the ostrich is the largest bird, but the ostrich park of Oudtshoo is not as big as Yunluo imagined, buy a ticket at the entrance, R70/person. There is a special guide provided separately, but I do not have it. At the same time as Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, there was also a Chinese tour group.

There is only one trail, so slow down, stay for an extra 5 minutes, and take a few more photos to distance yourself from the tour group.

Last year in Kenya. was completely conquered by the giraffe, and this time the ostrich was obsessed with no direction, "long eyelashes, big eyes, high posture", and "cute" from time to time. This look is sometimes noble and sometimes stupid, and in the absence of a protective fence, it is better not to get too close, and if you are kicked, even if you don't die, you have to lie in the hospital for a while.

The ostrich garden has a special area for visitors to ride ostriches, and two staff members blindfold the ostrich and fix it in the fence. After the visitors ride steadily, open the gate of the fence, lift the cloth on the ostrich's head, and when the ostrich flies out, the staff follow both sides to prevent the tourists from falling down.

Riding an ostrich is not as steady as riding a horse, looking at this posture, I can't help but feel pity, since I have been to the animal sanctuary. I can't watch shows that force animals to please humans, although I wanted to try it before I came. But when the staff asked Yunluo if he wanted to give it a try, Yunluo still refused.

After walking around and coming to the shopping area, the Huaguo tour group has long been gone, there are only a few people in the shopping area, and the goods sold are very rich, just. Crafts made of ostrich eggs already have one at home; Ostrich feathers are bought and there is nowhere to insert them; Ostrich toys are cute, but they are not cheap and a little larger.

And there are already more than 50 plush toys at home, and if you buy them, your friends will throw them all out. Probably with her daughter; In the end, I only chose a few postcards to comfort myself.

Until I got on the bus, I was still complaining that this ostrich park was too small, but when the car drove onto the road, I found that there was a large flock of ostriches on the side, and the small part was only for guests to visit, but it was actually large.

When it comes to wild ostriches, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Sudan are much more than South Africa, but when it comes to the history of ostrich breeding and the ability to make money from ostriches, it must be South Africans. South Africans began to raise ostriches in 1826, initially in small numbers, and later due to the popularity of Western royal families and nobles to wear clothing made of ostrich feathers.

Ostriches are worth a hundred times more at a time, an adult ostrich can only produce 1 kilogram of feathers a year, and the simplest ostrich shawl also needs at least 15 kilograms of feathers, and South African farmers have raised ostriches. By 1913, the number of ostriches had exceeded 1 million. However, after the First World War, European royal families gradually declined.

The demand for ostrich feathers has plummeted, and ostrich operators have switched careers, leaving behind the best breeds of ostriches to await new opportunities. After World War II, the ostrich market began to pick up. South Africans learned their lesson and began to run the ostrich business in many ways. They made ostrich eggshell crafts.

Ostrich farms are also open to attract tourists. Many ostrich farmers have also banded together to form agricultural cooperatives, which are responsible for the marketing of ostrich products. Oudtshoo has also been dubbed the "Capital of Ostriches".

African food columnist Leslie Richfield has said that he is also a proponent of wildlife conservation, but eats ostrich eggs and tastes ostrich meat in an ostrich garden in Africa.

It's not a sin. So let Xiao Zhou take Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to the supermarket in the town to see if there are ostrich eggs and ostrich meat for sale, but after visiting 3 big supermarkets, there is no trace of eggs, but fortunately, I bought ostrich meat in the second supermarket, and it is still at a discounted price.

The car is back on the scenic mountain road, yesterday it was cloudy and foggy, today is sunny, the feeling is completely different, the road designers have long known that this place will captivate many people, so there are many observation decks along the way for passers-by to take pictures and rest. Xiao Zhou stopped his car in a wide valley zone.

Looking at the blue sky and green mountains in front of you, breathing in the fresh air, loosening your muscles and bones, and taking a few photos by the way, I felt more satisfied.

Oudtshoo is a confusing place, and if it's just for the ostrich sighting, you don't want to come there, Cape Town also has an ostrich park, but the two mountain roads are definitely worth the trip.

The price was not only to cover an additional 120 kilometres, but also to give up the impressive scenery of the Mosselbay-Geetown section of the Garden Route. Whether it's worth it or not is up to you.

It was past 14 o'clock when I arrived at Knysna, and when I checked in therex, the front desk confused the room that Yunluo had booked with Annie and them, and delayed a little time, but as soon as I walked into the room, I was in a good mood again. There are 2 bedrooms, 1 hall, and 2 toilets, which are spacious and spacious for a serviced apartment.

Apart from the lack of a washing machine, everything else was impeccable and it was very close to the waterfront. R1850/night, free wifi, no breakfast, this room type can accommodate 4 people. Overall, Therex is the most recommended hotel on the trip, and it lives up to its name after Geerex.

Gerex is said to have been the illegitimate son of King George III, who came here in 1796 and bought the hamlet then called Melville in 1804.

It was renamed Newhaven in 1846 until 1882, when it was formed together with some of the surrounding villages as "Knysnatown", where Geerex's family and retinue stayed and he became the founder of this famous resort.

After the luggage was delivered to the room, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo took out the food they bought at the Oudtshoo supermarket in the morning and took what they needed. The watermelon in South Africa is very large, sweet but not greasy, full of water, eat too much injection watermelon, this bite down, you know that the "big" is really genuine, the price is calculated according to "only".

Do not weigh, half a sale. Xiao Zhou ate half of it, even if it was to deal with lunch, Yunluo only ate 1/4 of it and was supported, and under the strong request of Nalan Shiqi, he ate a poached egg, and lunch was completely solved.

Walk out of the hotel and turn right across a street is the Warterfront, which is super close. I wanted to experience a steam train between Gee and Knysna, but the line was shut down due to lack of maintenance costs, and a locomotive was quietly parked on the tracks outside the Waterfront Gate.

Quietly raising funds for repairs. Walk across the railroad and buy a ticket for a lagoon cruise on the right hand side of the waterfront entrance, there are 5 types of Knysna cruises operated by the company "Featherbed", the most economical and common are Ferrytrips, which follow Knysnalake to the mouth of the Indian Ocean and return home.

The whole journey takes 75 minutes, R95/person. At this time, the earliest flight is at 17:15, and there is still more than 1 hour to hang out. Enter through the entrance.

There are small shops selling tourist souvenirs on both sides, and I became interested in one of the shops selling porcelain crafts, especially the brightly colored washbasin hanging on the wall.

Compared to Cape Town's waterfront, it is less bustling and more cozy, and the shops are not much to see, but the many restaurants and cafes are worth sitting, not for the food, but for the blue in front of you. The blue sky, the blue lake, when you take a cruise ship to the estuary, this blue is even stronger.

As the sun sets to the west, the lake sparkles, and there are sailboats drifting slowly along the way, as well as speedboats speeding by, you can't help but envy the free-spirited lifestyle of Westerners. (To be continued.) )

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