We left Port Elizabeth early and headed down the Garden Route to Plettenberg Bay – a super upscale beach town in the Western Cape province, with a a fair bit to do! The drive was 4-5 hours on our amazing Baz Bus and we had decided to stay at the Albergó Hostel in Plett. Baz Bus is a bunch of 20-30 year old backpackers and our kids just put their heads down and pass the time. Until now The kids lives have had a pretty strict ‘no-screen’ policy. We have read alot about the damage that social media and the internet does to kids. For the trip Kaia was allowed a phone on the grounds that she bought it herself – so she bought a cool Xiaomi phone, and the little two are allowed to play Minecraft to pass time. This has worked very well for the hours we have spent in transit on this adventure! Not sure how well the removal of these things will be when we rejoin the ‘real world’! That being said I am adamant about the removal of these things and no destructive smart phones for kids. So our return will be filled with battles but it is worth it if we can keep our kids ‘mostly’ away from the noxious internet….I do get the irony of writing this on a blog…
We drove through several places and stopped at a number of hostels along the way. The only spot where we think we might have liked to stop was Jeffreys Bay. The rest were nice but we were super happy with Plettenberg Bay!
Albergó Backpackers
