Stopped off at Mossel Bay, and am not the first to do so. In fact the first was Bartolomeu Dias who popped in in 1488. The difference, he wasn't able to use booking.com for his hotel. Also his trip ashore ended badly when the local people chased him off in a hail of stones. They are a lot friendlier today. There is a replica of the ship he used to get here in the museum. Tiny springs to mind. And Dias and his crew were on it for six months.

My hotel was right at the top of a very steep hill. Fantastic for the wide sweeping views over the bay. Not so good for the very steep walk up from town.

The museum grounds contain a tree, still standing since the start of the 16th century. It was used as a post tree. Ships on an outward course to India would leave messages in an old boot under the tree, and ships returning home would pick them up as they passed by. You can send postcards by posting them in a replica boot.