Blogs from Free State, South Africa, Africa - page 5

...well, that's what it felt like!! Never experienced such ridiculously high winds while hanging off a cliff-face trying to tie ropes to hangers and the like!! The ropes actually wouldn't go down the cliff, I was throwing them and they actually came right back out to the side and nearly knocked me out :p good times!! Managed to fix it though, eventually, had to go to the bottom and free-climb back up a bit to grab them!! Annnyway, yea, I'm not actually in the Drakensberg (I wish!!) We're literally just outside them, we can see some of the mountanis though from where we are in Harrismith. Some funny stuff has happened today like!! The grouop arrived late last night, and me and Archie took them for PT this morning!! He did some warm-up exercises, then I ... read more

Lots of Pictures today - I couldn't narrow them down! The backpackers where I am staying is in the Northern Drakensberg Mountains, right at the base of a spot called the Ampitheatre, an 8 kilometre stretch of cliff and canyon. Today I signed up for a tour that would take me to the top of the Ampitheatre. I was hesitant to sign up out of concern for what the hike would be like (because of my fear of heights and my current lack of energy as I’ve been feeling unwell). Reception assured me that it was an easy walk, we drove most of the way up, young children and elderly people do it, I’d have no problem. It would be a nice walk. That description was a serious under-exaggeration. While yes, we did drive a long ... read more

Today we head into the moutains of the Free State. We are going to stay on a horse ranch - yee haa. I will update you later....... read more

First Two Weeks of Holiday This is our first blog entry. After selling and moving all of our stuff during the last week in June, we left for LM's family farm to drop off and leave our two cats there. We decided to spend 5 days on the farm to help the cats get used to the environment. We ate like kings and went on a few game drives which where great: we saw Rhinos, Sables, Lechwe's Roan Antelope, Giraffes, etc. The cats, however, did not have such a good time. They were stuck in their very cold new house and were too scared to venture outside. After the initial first 3 days, they would come outside to the edge of the house and then run back inside if they spotted any movement or noise, of ... read more

Still in Cape Town, we moved to Long Street which is a long street full of restaurants, bars and clubs. The street was always busy with people and noise from the bars all night which was nice while we were out, but got a little annoying when we wanted to sleep! The place we were staying had a balcony that overlooked the street so you could always see what was going on below. We were right in the heart of the street and all the excitement. While in Cape Town we did a wine tasting tour which started off with a bike ride to the first wine farm. We visited 3 farms and ended up pretty tipsy! Hehe! After Cape Town we moved on to Oudtshoorn which was about a 5 hour drive away. We should ... read more