Coffee Bay

Some ship back in the days once sank in the bay of Coffee Bay. The ship was loaded with coffee beans. The boxes were found by settlers at the beach and they decided to name this bay Coffee Bay. This laid back, low key place is in the province of Transkei. Transkei used to be reserve for the black people during Apartheid. Basically there are no white people around. It is a hilly area which is difficult to use for farming. But the views are phenomenal and the dramatic cliffs at the shore overwhelming. We camped at the water, drank goon, bought mussels from the local fisherman (after not finding any ourselves) and hiked around the area. The grassy hills with a healthy green go as far as you can see. The houses are very scattered and built in the distinctively African style - round with straw on top. One house sadly burned down one day. About 5kg of mussels cost about 6$ to buy. To prepare them you put a little water into a huge pot, a lot of garlic and butter. Then you steam the mussels until all of them have opened aka died. Delicious!