Come enjoy the south coast of Africa - the currency exchange rate is the best it’s ever been

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If you want to feel what it’s like to be in paradise, or as close as one can get here on planet earth, then be sure to make your way to the south coast of Africa, particularly to the region called the Garden Route. I’m sure there are numerous places one could find on the planet that are pristine and clean, as well as mild in climate and beautiful to see, and this is one of them.

Fresh water stream flowing out to sea at the beach, looking up stream

Naturally the coast is always going to be the most attractive place for us to live, which is why real estate with ocean view is more expensive. The demand is higher. The surroundings facilitate good health, thanks to the fresh sea breezes and the healthy ions that are generated in the atmosphere by the churning waves. I am biased having been born and raised at the coast, and have lived perhaps 99% of my life near the sea, along this very shoreline on the south coast of Africa.

Pure natural environment with free flowing fresh water, you could almost just pitch a tent in the bush and live here for free.

By default, perhaps some pious credit from a past life, I had the good fortune to take birth in one of the most attractive places on the globe in this lifetime. Fortunately, even if you were born elsewhere, you can still relocate to this kind of place if you choose. It’s totally worth it, as far as living standards and quality of life is concerned.

Untamed and natural southern Africa at its best

There is still a lot of unused space on this southern shoreline of Africa, and the exchange rate has never been better for international travelers to make a trip to this hideaway spot way down south, far from the increasingly difficult conditions up north of the globe. At present the local ZAR is trading very close to ZAR20/$1. You can get ZAR20 for $1. How cool is that?

Step through the portal to paradise

This makes it easy for you to buy a ticket and fly here, and then spend some months enjoying the beauty and healing properties of the vast forest right here by the ocean in the Garden Route. I spend hours roaming these beaches and hardly see another soul on some of them. On others, say near the towns, there may be a handful of locals who have a similar taste and appreciation of the shoreline as I do. However, the vast majority of the locals don’t have any interest in loitering along the sea shore. Each to their own, I guess.

View from the same portal, looking inland

So if you enjoy basking in the sunshine on soft white sandy beaches, or swimming in warm Indian ocean waters, then this is the place for you. You won’t find much better conditions anywhere in Africa. The further north you go, the more you are subject to tropical conditions and the heavier climate as well as potential disease, like malaria from mosquitoes. But here at 34 degrees south latitude, you are in a milder Mediterranean climate, while still having the beautiful sunshine and vast open and empty shoreline.

So much wide open space with no one around - all this awaits you if you choose

Right now international travelers have the best deal ever, the best value for their money, with the local ZAR currency so cheap. You dollars or euros will get you a long way or buy your loads more time here, since hotels and guest houses or backpackers, which are prolific, are at a discount. South Africa is geared up for tourism, since it has always been a tourist hotspot. Now you can get the same experience foe half the price that it was around ten years ago, for example. Intelligent folks are even emigrating here. Who wouldn’t want to have this backdrop to their lives on a permanent basis? Mostly it’s retired locals who move to the Garden Route, since they have saved up after a lifetime of labor and want to enjoy the fruits of that labor in comfort and warmth.

Epic African shoreline, with rugged hillside covered by thick bush and shrub

Savvy foreigners are also retiring here, since the conditions up north on the planet are not what they were in the past. This stretch of coastline, called the Garden Route, is unchanged and still fairly empty and as awesome as it ever was. Your paradise awaits you and the window of opportunity has opened up as economic conditions shift. Get your tickets while you can and make your way to these beautiful shores. You won’t be disappointed.

When the north gets "rekt", you too could wash up on the shores of paradise way down south if you wish

(photos my own)

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