The day we finished the Garden Route and drove from Dysseldorp to Cape Town

It was time to say farewell to the lambs and pack the Mazda MX5 ready for a day of driving.

We did not miss having to travel one more time on the gravelled Kammanassie Road.

As we passed the town of Dysseldorp we had to look out for donkeys and sheep on the road.

People were walking to church in their Sunday finest.

Scott also startled the ostriches on a farm we passed by tooting the horn and causing them to run around in a panic.

We took the drive thru at Mcdonalds in Oudtshoorn and ordered coffee and a Sausage and Egg McMuffin for breakfast.

The young attendant was very friendly and we commented that we had both once worked at Maccas. She was curious about what we did now and we found out that she was studying to be a teacher.

As we continued on the R12 and R62 highways, it felt like the scenes from the film Thelma and Louise where we were surrounded by spectacular landscapes and dwarfed by the enormous craggy mountains. It was insanely breathtaking!

We stopped for lunch at Barrydale where Scott ordered a green juice and Teresa chose the Shashuka. Die Langhuis was a charming antique store as well as a bed and breakfast.

We then stopped in Montagu as Scott was on a mission to find a pie as good as the one he had in Hermanus.

The roads were well designed and speed limits varied between 80, 100 and 120 kilometres an hour depending on the gradient of the road.

We finally reached the N1 which is the main route to Cape Town. We noticed that hitchhikers hold out their arms waving money to try and get a ride… we even drove past some who were holding out bunches of grapes probably taken from one of the many wineries in the region.

The N1 is a toll road and we were surprised when they insisted on cash (an internet search earlier claimed that you could pay by card) so we had to turn around and go to the office to pay and then join the tollway again. So it is a good idea to have some cash (100 rand) on you always for these unexpected situations.