Well I've been traveling for three weeks now, my old way of life feels like a lifetime away now. I've been in PE for a couple of days now, we went to see a seal show yesterday at the oceanarium, they are very clever animals and are equally able to respond to hand and voice signals. I hadn't realised they were such intelligent creatures.
We went and had a walk around the town today, I must say that PE is my least favourite place I've been so far. It's full of 60's high rise blocks and a very industrial port town. Although when the sun comes out and you look at the lovely sandy beaches and water it still looks quite nice.
Of to Chintsa tomorrow, about 5 hours up the coast. Jenny's friend has a beach house there and she has very kindly offered it to her to use. Chintsa looks like a very nice quiet beach town with sandy beaches, so a great place to chill. In the the description in the guide book the say there is now an ATM in the town!
After spending a few days there we going to head for Hogsback in the mountains, which is rumored to be the inspiration for Lord of the rings. So I'm hoping to see some lovely countryside and do some walking and cycling.
What do you mean you didn't realise seals were intelligent??! And I thought Savernake forest inspired Lord of the Rings... Did Tolkein travel in Africa then? Your blog continues to be most informational xxx
ReplyDeleteI think the Savernake forest thing was one of my fantasies because of the contrast between the ancient and and not so ancient trees. Your view of PE accords with my memories. Thanks for the phone call yesterday it was great to speak to you.
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Yes, and I did think afterwards, there's quite a lot of land covered in LOTR. Tolkein might conceivably have had more than one inspiration!
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