Lotheni Camp Himeville
Himeville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Sani pass
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Dec 8, Sani pass
"Don't worry, Mom, worse comes to worse, we will go near the border, there must be a policeman there and we will sleep in the car"....Roman tries to be cheerful while I’m thinking now that it was foolish of us to have started that road that late... and now, fog has settled in, we cannot see where we are going; nothing to let us know if we are indeed on the right mountain pass. At this elevation ...
Walking in the Drakensburg Mountains
... Stormress Mountain which was next to the Sani Lodge. Very quickly, I found I had little energy but I kept going zigzagging and climbing up the ridge of the mountain. The views were breath taking (of the nearby dam and the Drakensburg Mountains). 200 million years ago, this area was an inland sea with river sediment forming and compressing it into rock slowly over time. 140 ...
My Memorable Time in Lesotho!
... and was my first ever official “hitch”. Then came the waiting game. In an hour, only one vehicle came past and he clearly did not want me to go up. I was at some deserted set of building in the middle of nowhere and I was getting a bit worried. I saw six baboons around the buildings as I was waiting! The police even came and went. And then bingo. Along came the minivan.
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Traveling to the Drakensburg
... and were all planted in deadly straight lines. You could see right into these man made forests! Mid morning we stopped at a petrol station just after a toll plaza. Suddenly, I was saying goodbye to Nick and Di and wishing them well. I am lucky to have met good people like these two over the last few months and my thoughts and best wishes go with them for their new life stating again in ...
Drakensberg Hike - sore, sore legs!
... bouncing and gaining momentum as they went – a sobering reminder to take it easy! Reaching the saddle around 2pm we were rewarded with an amazing view of the surrounding mountains. Sitting there in the sun lapping it up, Jean went to investigate the next section which went around the back of the face we had been climbing, and up to the summit. She was gone a while and when we went to investigate we found our supposed track was covered in patches of snow and ice that ...


