Rain and more rain

Trip Start Jun 19, 2009
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Trip End Aug 30, 2009


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Where I stayed
Geckos
(Citrusdal hotels)

Flag of South Africa  , Western Cape,
Monday, June 22, 2009

After a pretty late start, almost mid day, we all piled on the truck and drove north a few hours to hour first camp site. Managed to get our tents up just in time for the rain which absolutely hosed down. All the dorm rooms were taken so we had no choice but the tents that night; but since it was the first night would have gone for the tent in any case. Tent stood up pretty well to the rain with only one or two little wet spots.

The next day was meant to be a 7 hour hike to go see some cave paintings but it got called off because the river was flooded and the guide said that it was just too wet. So spent most of the day by the fire playing cards while the rain poured. Did manage a brief walk in the afternoon to see what was a pretty vague painting on a rock.

The evening was a good laugh, lots of drinking games and some pretty drunk people. Got back to my tent at about 3 to find that Bruno had been parked in it along with a litre bottle of water which he'd managed to knock over after unpacking my entire backpack. The bar manager gave me a bed to crash in for the night though so it was all good.
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