We passed this lovely farmhouse on our way out and back to the place where we were staying during our 4 day midweek break.
But this is no ordinary farmhouse.
A first time for us to see that name "PJURE", so I asked Mrs. Google who the farmer was. Her reply was a bit curt. A Farmer, she said, how long have you been living under that rock. Let me tell you what PJURE is.
I couldn't believe what I saw and as I clicked on the tabs of the site, a most modern world opened up to me.
The photo at the rear of that house stunned my socks off.
Now I am not going to spoon feed you, so see for yourself what PJURE is.
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We were on our way back home, but we scheduled two stops and the CapeDryFruit factory was the first stop.
A sign in the parking space showed us the way.
Ah, we have arrived.
This below was the entrance to the shop.
Wow! Look at that! Hundreds of dried fruit, nuts, and whatnot were available on the shelves for the shoppers at factory prices.
First time for me to see this kind of caramel popcorn. Now I don't think that they catch a camel and they make popcorn of it, so my wife corrected me by telling me that it is in fact caramel popcorn :)
Mixed dried fruit salad.
Nuts of all kinds were also available.
As we stepped outside, this old fruit pressing machine grabbed my attention. It simply asked me for a photo.
At the far end behind the kiddies playpark, is the entrance to the Bistro and the wine tasting section on the property. Unfortunately, they were busy working at the entrance and we could not go in.
One of the fruit trucks taking cases of fruit to Timbuktu.
To end the show, we also saw the grape vineyards on the road every day.
Okay, and now I will give you the link to CapeDry, and as you peruse the site you will find that they are also international exporters. They own their own farms and they also buy fruit from other local farms. They have a free tractor drive on the farm to show you everything about the dried fruit trade. So here is the link Source
I think that I have mentioned before, that there are many surprises to be found in the small towns of the Western Cape province. Montagu is reckoned as the gateway to the Karoo, which is a totally different place with different nature. CapeDry and that PJure are only two spots in Montagu that one would never expect to find there, yet they are famous and visited by hundreds of tourists every year.
So do yourself a favor the next time or the first time that you visit the Western Cape province in South Africa, put Montagu on your bucket list.
And that's all for now.
I hope you have enjoyed the story and the pictures.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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