What a trip!

The ferry to De Hoop (notice the guy literally pulling the ferry along a rope on the far right)

Sand dunes at De Hoop

Zebra!

Maggie and Andrew practicing rugby at the beach in Mossel Bay

So, we all managed to return home (rather triumphantly, at that) from our road trip along the Garden Route. A short recap:
Having rented our car from Thrifty (the only place that would rent to us youngun's), we set out for Mossel Bay the first night. The hostel was really gorgeous, and really cheap, so it was a great time. We had a lovely dinner at a local restaurant, with lots of wine, desserts and butternut squash ravioli. During dinner we got a call that some friends also in Mossel Bay had been robbed, but everything ended up being ok, and though people were short a few dollars, everyone was safe.
The next day we went for a short day at the beach in Mossel Bay, and all managed to burn the hell out of ourselves. Me especially. I was so sunburned on my legs I couldn't walk the next day. After our beach excursion and a short picnic lunch we set out for Wilderness (an actual city).
We did two days in Wilderness, which was in fact beautiful. Andrew, Shannon, Jeff and Maggie went for a hike while I loafed around the hostel, whimpered about my legs and read some South African Cosmo. An exciting day for sure.
After Wilderness we started heading back to Cape Town by way of De Hoop nature reserve. We took a ferry to get there, and it was pulled by the people working it, which was pretty interesting to see. Once we made it to De Hoop we even got to see wild zebras and antelope. It's actually really exciting to see something in the wild that you only ever see in zoos and National Geographic documentaries. We also climbed some beautiful dunes, and generally had a good time.

That's about it for the past week. The first day of classes was Friday, but things were pretty laid back, and aren't too intensive until Monday or Tuesday. But more on that later...