The Battlefields to Culture.

We spent the day with our very competent guide, Brian, who took us to the 2 best known Battlefields from a British perspective, being Isandlwana and Rourke's Drift. The latter being the one made famous by the movie, Zulu Dawn, I think. The guide made us understand the the movie version and the real event were rather different.One fact is for sure and that is that there were some really brave British who fought in that battle and it is nearly impossible to think that a hand full of soldiers defended their hospital against hundreds of thousands of Zulu warriors. It must have been a more than scary.
On the last night we were the only people to braai, as everybody had all sorts of other left over bits to eat. Made for very interesting menu options,  potatoes and cheese, with olives, a bit of coleslaw here and a bit of bacon and egg there. Everybody luckily had something to drink, thanks to the generous donation made by David and Irene. She does not do more than a glass of wine and he could not drink anything due to his persistent gastro.All had sympathy for him, but nobody declined the free bees and we all felt obliged to enjoy it on his behalf.
We left at 8 the next morning for the long drive back to Johannesburg and to our Cultural experience. The domestic assistant at Kwa Rie must have thought it was Christmas when she got to work on Thursday mornig because all the left overs were left for her and there were boxes full of stuff, from Woolies cereals to cleaning materials to bread and butter and rice and pasta, jams and I am sure, even the left over Mrs Balls.
We were all a bit bushed when we got to Lesedi at about 15.30 and we had to be ready for the cultural experience at 16.30. I am not big on "cultural experiences" but this was good. There are 4 tribes represented in the  area and the guide takes you to each "village" and shares a bit about their culture. I now know how many cows a bride in each of those 4 cultures are worth! This was followed by about 30 minutes of tribal dancing, which was excellent and entertaining. All in all a good experience and not too much and not boring.
Dinner was also a culinary experience, with crocodile, ostrich, lamb and chicken and pork for the non adventuresome, but all in all a pleasant last evening, with all the good byes and a pre celebration of Brian's birthday with a chocolate cake of  varied quality, but we felt that it was the thought that counted.
One thing was for sure, it was good to sleep in a proper bed, with your own bathroom and loo. The motorhome is a wonderful holiday vehicle, but few things beat a good night's sleep in your own bed and that is what we had last night back at home. The rest of the group drove up to Kapama in the Kruger area for their next Wild life experience. Sure they will enjoy it.
The best is: No back to work on Monday for me!!!!!