Gap Year Experiences

Victoria's last words

Saturday 15 August 2009

The whole Pepper experience has been incredible; it's been crazy, the fun has never ever stopped and I've loved every minute of it! The most recent thing we've experienced has been the game reserves where we had extremely knowledgable guides tell us how to track animals and live in the bush with no electricity. It was cool going on a night drive and looking at stars, even saw shooting ones and learning to use them to get directions.

It's also been amazing to eat traditional African food like potjie and pap and fun to try things like warthog and ostrich! To spend an evening eating and dancing at the chief's hut in Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast was awesome and it was cool to experience a lively meal at Mzoli's in a township in Cape Town.

All the places we've been to have been amazing for different reasons; from Cape Town where I learnt a lot about photography and got to help out in the community to Plett where we had spectacular views and sunrises and it was awesome because we all stayed together and it was like a little family. It was action-packed with bungy jumping, sky diving, kayaking and even made time for sushi and cocktails and lots of fun drinking games. I loved the Secret Spot because it had a talking bird and adorable dogs and pretty beaches. The Drakensberg was stunning as it was sunny and had snow on the mountains. The safari and game reserves was crazy because we saw so many animals and the lions had just been on a kill and looked like they were wearing lipstick. We got up close and personal to rhinos, giraffe, zebra and hippo's but I always stayed close to Mark with a gun because it was scary!

Last night was our last night and was a fun one. We ate, drank and danced the night away. The cocktails were yummy and we had to end with our tradition of Pepper shots. The people here have inspired us and made us learn so much and really have had an experience to remember, which was mainly down to Pippa and Doug, they have been amazing fun.

We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time. Pepper-they really do shake it up.
Love Victoria