Didima Camp KwaZulu-Natal

... the next day with a company called Coral Divers but I had to get into the Nature Reserve and to the beach before 7 to get fitted out with gear. With the lodging being so expensive I was surprised the dives weren't more expensive at $65 for two dives and gear rental.<br><br>The next day I decided to hitch hike and saw another example of racism. There were some black kids on one side of the street and me on the other side. A truck slowed down and pointed ...

... get so impatient with me when I wanted to look at and try on more clothes. Five hours later (I'm very proud of my boy! It's got to be a record for him...) then headed out to Pietermaritzburg which was on the other side of town to pick up Paul's younger cousin Jono from school. We hadn't seen Jono for least 6years since he last came over to NZ so wow he'd changed (and for the better :)).<br> <br><br> That night we went out for dinner (yes again!) to this restaurant which was ...

... valleys. The<br> mountains eventually gave way to the dry, largely treeless scape of the little Karoo, scattered with bright red spikey cactus plants. In Calitzdorp, an area famous for SA&#8217;s best port, we<br> checked out the wineries, stopping at Boplass to do a little tasting. We walked out with a few bottles of our favourites to show for our efforts, though Rachel&#8217;s line out may not have<br> been quite as straight as the line in&#8230; (but tactically she ...

... Pass is the home of the highest pub in Africa. The views are amazing, if you do not get blown off the mountain! Some of the turns on the road are so sharp that we had to hold our breath as we went around them. On one particular turn we all thought we were going over the cliff! It was a funny experience! That evening there was a ...

... had seen them hunting animals, I explainied that many of them live on reservations and are very modern. We made some comparions between Native Ameicans and the Native Bush people of South Africa. We concluded the day by singing two camp songs as loud as possible! After school we came home, loaded the car and set off for a weekend in the Drakensburg Mountains.

The Drakensberg Mountains in Kwa Zulu are awesome and seem to go on forever in every direction. For some unknown reason the Foster Family decided to tackle one of the most difficult climbs - but the views were amazing even though the bodies took strain. Drove to the Sentinel Car Park near Lesotho border whick took a couple of hours from the Cavern, and then started the 6 hour climb up the Amphitheatre and back. The first hour set up ...

... to bring the paperwork saying we could take the car out of the country. I thought for sure we were sunk and I was so dissappointed in myself. Fortunately all they needed was the registartion number and we were good to go. There were no less than two signs along the road saying that it was illegal to drive a vehichle up the pass that lacked four wheel drive capability. I didn't really believe that it would be that tough ...

... of a 1000metre sheer drop, overlooking tons of other mountains,waterfalls and lakes. We then go and see the second highest waterfall in the world, which actually didn't look that high??!! After this we then head to a sheer cliff face where we descend down on chain ladders that where installed in 1910!! It is official Kate was really bricking it but managed to get down no prob's in the end. After a while we where both miles in front ...

... and the Sundance Kids final route. This ended at lunch on the first day after we realized our butts couldn't take it any more. We ended up getting drunk at the local beers store only to find the hotel was closed and we'd have to spend our evening sleeping on goatskins with a family of 10 on the local post office floor. The ride home the next day was pain every step of the ...

... is stunning. The second time I went to Lesotho I was going as part of a work trip as we were organizing weekend trips for our volunteers so I was going for free which is always nice. I was picked up in Pietermaritzburg and we headed towards sani pass to get on a 4 x 4. Sain pass is the route between South Africa and Lesotho and the road takes you up 2865meters into Lesotho. The road is very bumpy but the view is spectacular and ...