The Garden Route

Drive: Beautiful vineyards and fields of flowers (and one oil refinery)

Accommodation: Dijembe Backpackers

Comments: Really neat place in the forest with a total hippie vibe. 

Drive: Windmills and pastures

Accommodation: Island Vibe Backpackers

Comments: Great beach in this surfer community that resembled Daytona a little too much. 

Drive: Mountains

Accommodation: Buccaneer's Backpackers

Comments: Buccaneer's is a but off the paved road, and there really isn't anything to do there (the beach is through the woods and the bar didn't even open until 5p), but dinner was great (Mexican).

Drive: More mountains, then what resembled Malawi

Accommodation: Coffee Shack Backpackers

Comments: Probably our favorite stop on The Garden Route. Fun vibe, awesome beach, and the party would've probably been great if it hadnt started raining. Our room was on the other side of a "dry" river, that wasn't so dry after it started raining. We waded to our room. 

Drive: Even more mountains. 

Accommodation: Sanchia's

Comments: We got a late start, so we got into Petermarytzburg after dark. Mountain driving in South Africa (surround by South African drivers) at night is not as fun as it sounds. 

Overall, The Garden Route was amazing. Great variety of scenery, and some amazing beaches.