Harrismith, South Africa

From Durban we drove through the Valley of 1000 Hills, to take in the scenery.  We stopped at a few craft markets and visited a Zulu village where they performed their marriage dance/ritual for us. Final destination was the Montusi Mountain Lodge ...

... Pat to monitor their health and behavior and also would mean any trespassers (attacks on farms are fairly common and often murderous in South Africa) would have to try to tiptoe their way through at least one pride of lions. He often lets the younger one ...

... life. It was quite interesting. The Afrikaners are quite devout in general; there is great deal of interest in Christianity in South Africa. After our late lunch, we headed out to the fields to burn fire breaks. Farmers here use water tanks pulled by ...

Our first stop is in the middle of nowhere, just fields, prairie and the Drakensburg mountains in the distance in an area called Northern Drakensburg.  The room was a big, clean cabin at a good price.  (except for no towels.  The guy at the ...