S1 – Ep 280 – Mossel Bay – From Santos Beach to Post Office Tree and Lighthouse!

thank you hello hello hello do you think I'm standing on Strand Beach no I'm not I'm on Centos Beach yes in Mossel Bay welcome to mossful Bay it's amazing this

beach

it's the only wild north facing

beach

in southern Africa I can't believe that there is no front and something else that I found really interesting is that this beach is where Bartimías Díaz landed on February 3, 1488 on this crazy beach, let's take a walk up and down let me show you that this is beautiful. The weather is beautiful, we left the Strand very early this morning, just after six, and it was Misty all the way up to about 80 kilometers outside of Mossel Bay, then Mist disappeared and we have this beautiful weather.

They knew we would come here so they opened for us, this beach is apparently so sheltered it hardly ever gets windy and in summer the water is nice and warm, you can see people swimming, don't worry, such a beautiful beach. I know it was renamed Madiba Beach, the name that sent us the name. Stagnant beach, it will always be said. I think so. I'm really excited to see the few things we've chosen to visit in Mossel Bay. Yes, Mossel Bay it is. It's a big place, so we won't be able to cover everything, but I'm excited to see some things because this place has a lot of history.

Look at this and this is the original station. I think of Mossel Bay. It is now a Centos restaurant. Express train Lodge look at this Mossel Bay and on the side muscle for fantastic, what is incredible. I think these train cars are here and people sleep in them. It is a fantastic accommodation. How wild is that Santos Express train Lodge. I didn't know they could sleep. on those cars, yeah, that's super cool, but not as cool as the original station. Sorry, they are busy with renovations and are working next to the museum and the

post

office

tree

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I just want to go and take a look. this

post

office

tree

is amazing, well that's the National Monument, this is the tree I selected so it's really interesting. 1501 one of the captains left a message in a boot tied to the tree and then someone in a contour should pick it up. and he took it to the first post office in South Africa, a crazy foreigner. I love this so I think they used to walk up here and leave the mail under that tree. Oh yes, he is the statue, the other statue and this is the entrance to the museum.

The best Díaz Museum, thank you, this is an exact replica of the caravel ship that Díaz used to come with. I thought it would be much bigger. Brave, those guys tell you to go to the open sea with a boat this size. foreigner wow katsuda is for sleeping I'm not allowed to go past this point but that's amazing these guys were brave we tell you whoa and can you believe this is how they used to run the ship with this thing how cool is this and this is so solid that feels like you are walking on concrete.

I'm impressed. I don't know where to sleep below deck. This is incredibly interesting cuisine. Well, I call it the kitchen. I should probably call it the kitchen shower organized into a toilet. now this must have been the pantry oh a little modernized I think this is where they stole your luggage oh what luggage they had uh this is our way out thank you I must be honest this is fascinating foreigner oh okay how are the dollars you are in? the shape of a tetrapod, that's what we did on the internet and you're very proud of the fact that it was designed by a South African and a South African engineer from East London.

I love it oh look how many there are so this is the bike over there. There are some restaurants here, yeah, yeah, very nice and quiet, yeah, easy, well, there are quite a few other restaurants down there, yeah, oh look, that looks good, yeah, boy, broy, oh, that really does look cute and it's a different view of Santa's Beach. Yes, those houses on the hill must have fantastic views. I imagine these are all the activities, boat cruises, yeah look at this old bus babe, so cool, you should chip the London bus company. Shing charters imagine how this place vibes, yeah, okay, in December, keep going, can we? just look at that ship we can't get we can go yeah oh yeah deep sea adventures muscle oh here are the flags we saw from that side yeah that's cool the perfect amount of wind for them to fly wonderfully, that's great. place, yes, very nice, I think there can be a lot of activity here.

I have no doubts, welcome to the shoe. Nice Skipper Foundation. Okay, foreigner, right next to the train tracks. Yeah, pretty big, uh, it's pretty big. Look at this beautiful old church, it is amazing. It's lovely. I'll have to go around the block and see. Thanks, I finally got in here. It was built on October 13, 1945. Okay, so I can't go in. There's a funeral going on right now. These are magnificent numbers 1901 Prince Vincent's Company General Merchants Wow, how beautiful this old town is, yes, well if you take Diaz, he arrived there in 1488, yes, that's ridiculous, it puts a whole new spin on things that Does, for sure, what is the view of Caravan Park like? from above, yes, established in 1864.

Captain Blaze Lighthouse, the sign on this is that this

lighthouse

was established in 1864. Yes, yes, I read that it was first lit in 1864. How amazing, it is very nice to see this nature, yes, in such a big place. I love the city from up here beautiful this is the view from the

lighthouse

look at this view wow amazing foreigner here we go another level up look at this now They told me that I shouldn't touch the light because it affects the parameters no, I won't do it touch it like crazy , there's not much space here, wow, so this is the lighthouse, it's a functional lighthouse and they say its parameters are set to shine 45 km out into the ocean, yeah.

Wild, you said I can get out of this little door, so what am I going to do oopsie Daisy, look at this. I'll go crazy. This is absolutely beautiful. Okay, time to leave a little hole to grow. You never thought you'd have this view of the Caravan Park. It is not like this? I didn't think I could get up to the Lighthouse, this is not a huge caravan, yes I know it's amazing and it's packed, I mean, lots and lots of people, yeah, huge. I really enjoy this view, I'm sure there is a lot to see. clean and organized place, I think it's beautiful, actually, I'm very surprised.

I have come to Mossel Bay so many times, but you don't realize how beautiful it is. I've never been to this part of me, oh what is this? school, oh, Milkwood Primary School, it says here it was the secondary school at one time in 1909. oh, beautiful is this, eh, you see the sports fields from above, absolutely amazing. I saw green, that's the huge sports field, although huge, yes. I'm getting to this oh this looks like a symmetry oh this is symmetry look that's okay too many things we love a scoreboard these are the tennis courts behind this wall there's blue okay I saw it uh yeah yeah this is so cool which has this Caravan Park, but it was back then Point Caravan Resort.

I have it, it's big, although true, it's huge. I'm surprised it's not the Christmas season and it looks like this. It's crazy, some places are even decorated I wonder if there isn't some permanent residence here because it looks like they are settled I was thinking the same thing and this is the backpack horse yes, I saw this from a pumpkin. I was exploring the area so this is the point, it seems like yes this is a great vacation town. from start to finish, but it also has a lot of industry, although this is the first World War.

Gallant dead, sorry. I heard him say your name. This is fantastic. Look how beautiful they originally made this for the people who died in the first one. world war from 1914 to 1918, but then the guys who died in 1939 to 1945 with the second world war their names were also put there, so they bought this Monument on the Rocks, you see it is beautiful, very good use of the rocks, We said We'd go back to the cemetery He's a big guy, a big fat guy, he's not happy with me, he must have eggs or a baby, first I want to check that the plover is attacking me somewhere, yes, 1882, October 12 and died on October 30 October 1882, wow. born 1849 died 1884. these are old 1878 1937.

I can't see anything there's a bird writing I can't understand it 1878 1914. this is the Jewish cemetery here 1882 1934 1880 1956 1874 1923 accidentally drowned by Seal Isla September 29, 1901 , 21 years. Wow, yeah, there are too many tombs here, it's like a huge symmetry, huh, but it's an ancient symmetry, oh, look at this little cross so small, so small if you look at my hand on this cross, oh 1902 now. This must have something to do with Fortnite, yes, with the port, this old building, but it is currently used as a flea market. I saw a sign on the other side that said it's a good step by step, oh okay that makes sense.

I definitely get that kind of transnet railway vibe nice building eh yeah fantastic building I love it look at this one yeah yeah um you know that's why we choose the smaller cities these big ones are incredibly overwhelming and I think that this is more than any other. I have been, I think it must be one of the stone building capitals of South Africa. I tell you I haven't seen as many stone buildings in one place as I have seen here but I mean the city was properly established in 1848 yes that's almost 200 years of history it's crazy but it's a fantastic place For those who enjoy spending a week in one place this is your place to see the highlight for me was going up to the lighthouse which I have never been to. a lighthouse before and when you told me that Santos Beach is the only true north facing beach in South Africa, I was surprised by that, yes that was interesting, but I enjoyed Mossel Bay, it's a beautiful place, it definitely won't be the last time we come, Yeah. you're great