Dog Poo

Coffee Bay, Coffee Bay, Coffee Bay, how I love you. We have just left the most wonderful and tinniest coastal village I have ever been too. Coffee Bay must be my favorite stop so far on the trip (I say that in all my blogs don’t I?) The village is so small it only consists of two backpackers and a few shops all on a dirt road with a river running across part of it. The two backpackers are the hub of the village and are the only source of income for many of the local tribes. Getting local kids to sing for you, the women to make jewelry or getting the men to go out and catch fresh crayfish for your dinner it all helps to make Coffee bay feel the safest and happiest place ive visited so far in South Africa.
The Coffee Shack was the backpackers we opted for. The staffs made us feel so welcome and were such good fun; with load of activities to do in the daytime and parties during the night there was plenty to keep us entertained. Our sleeping quarters was a rather cool round hut on the other side of the river which was great, well until the night time when the tide comes in and we had to Wade through the river to get our bed. That soon sobers you up I can tell you.
On the second day there we signed ourselves up for a 9km hike to The Hole In The Wall (Not the gothic pub in Colchester), which is really just like Durdle Door down in Dorset. I must say the hike was great fun but very hard in some places, especially in this heat. Im glad I wasn’t the only one who felt so knacked after it. I really surprise myself that I made it to the end.

The hike took us right along the coast, up and down cliffs, on beaches and through the surf. One of the highlights of the hike (was not dying from heat) was seeing a massive pod of dolphins playing in the surf. I could have watched them for hours, such beautiful creatures. Something else also caught my eye when I was wondering along on the hike ………. White Dog Poo!
Remember in the 80s you used to get it everywhere in the UK and then like overnight it just seem to disappear, well I can confirm you still get it in South Africa. Does anyone know why we don’t get it in the uk anymore? maybe its another question for 82ASK.

So in the night at the coffee shack I got to chew the fat over dinner with my fellow backpackers. We met a really nice guy from California called Rob who has been surfing his way around Southern Africa and couple who work in wait for it! He is a captain in the army based in Colchester and she works in Shepherds Bush as a teacher. How very random. Small world or what?
I have noticed a pattern when It comes to backpackers music tastes…… everyone likes the same bloody bands. Where ever you are from, what religion you follow or the colour of your skin a backpacker must like the following middle of the road pants.

GOO GOO DOLLS (especially the song ‘Iris’),
Anything by the COUNTING CROWS or REM.
KINGS OF LEON (but only the 1st album)

When It came to them asking me what I listened too I may as well have been talking In Mongolian. Not one person around the table knew who The Gossip are! shame.

Lee, Stu and Kenney i’ve been on MODE watch and I can confirm at at about 6pm on the 13th of May I heard ‘Personal Jesus’ at the Coffee Bar, South Africa. I will carry on the quest around the world.

We are now in Jefferys Bay at another Backpackers called Island Vibe. It might as well be a 5 star hotel but more about that in my next blog, We are off to the world famous ‘Super Tubes’ again you will have to wait to find out what the hell im going on about.

6 Responses to “Dog Poo”

1. Mum & Sis says:

   May 17, 2007 at 7:33 pm

   Aren’t dolphins just the most wonderful creatures you could ever see.
   The sharkdiving sounds amazing too.
2. hannah says:

   May 17, 2007 at 9:59 pm

   stu, kenney, jen and i were all discussing white dog poo when in colchester for your leaving do… we were wondering what happened to it. … clearly it all went to SA.
3. Richard Kenney says:

   May 17, 2007 at 11:09 pm

   Let’s all clog up Sam’s website talking about dog crap.

   I just gogled it and it does appear, as Jen Poo Expert says, it’s down to the food we give our pooches changing over time.
4. Elaine says:

   May 18, 2007 at 10:58 am

   Yay the Mode! What is this ‘Mode Watch’ you speak of? Know where you’re coming from with backpackers and their music, had exactly the same shit in NZ.
5. Ellie (the driver of the blue slug...) says:

   May 19, 2007 at 10:00 am

   hahahaha!!! trust sam to notice the white dog poo?! what on earth is going on in his head?? you walk up a stunning cliff and what do you notice? white dog poo…. He must’ve been analyzing it throughout the whole trip back cause he didn’t say a word about it untill later that night when he got a bit drunk and just all of a sudden started babbling on and on about white dog poo! (what was quite surprising / disturbing was that the other British people immediately knew what he was talking about and a whole discussion started … i was just standing there shaking my head…)

   …. when we come over again sometime hannah, i’ll take you to the dog poo spot as well if you want?

   Oooohh yes, the dolphins was amaaaazing! You can never get enough of them! (kisses to sam’s mom!!)
6. Sarah McVittie says:

   May 30, 2007 at 4:22 pm

   Hi – I noticed your reference to 82ASK and I am glad to be able to tell you that the question “Why don’t we see white dog poo anymore” is one we have had many times at 82ASK – having researched this our great texperts have provided the following answer, “White poos are a result of large intake of Calcium. Dogs commonly have white dog poo when they eat bone marrow. Dogs eat less bones these days.” Hope that helps! Sarah McVittie (82ASK co-founder)