Now in the Drakensberg.

We left Port Shepstone, or rather Southport and Klein Paradys, our camp site and set out for Underberg via the long and rural road. Although the rural road, we were mostly on tar. We travelled  through Sugar cane fields, maize fields, hills and valleys and the home of Clover cows, where the grass is green and the milk is white ”clever cows”.

I am attaching a photo of a “Post Net and Foto First” one stop shop. This “shop’ was situated on the shoulder of the road, which must have been all of 1 metre wide. The first thing I saw was the camera and I still said to Dick to be careful as there is a speed camera on the road, only to realize that I t was actually a “business site”. The guy manning the business was inside and as he is situated on a busy road, both truck wise and pedestrian wise, I suppose he understands his customer base well. The fact that there is no parking available is not a problem, as parking along the motorway is quite common, mostly just to chat to a friend or a passerby. In the rural area that is like the Internet, I suppose.

"Post Net + Foto First" 

As we got closer to the Drakensberg the signs of autumn became more and more apparent. All the trees were in their autumn colours, ranging from yellow to rich red. It reminded us of the UK in autumn. The roads are very narrow and there is no place to stop to take pictures, however I attach a pic taken out of the moving car, through the windscreen, just to show the splendor of it all.

Through the Windscreen

We arrived at our destination in the Drakensberg just before 3pm, starving hungry and thirsty and immediately went to test the Bistro’s pizzas and coffee. It passed the test with flying colours and then we went to check into our little chalet. It is so nice and cosy. We unpacked all our stuff and settled in, as we are going to be here for a week. Suddenly we have  a lovely big bed, with good linen, 2 bathrooms and all of this under the same roof!! It is fantastic just to have the home comforts again for a while and we are enjoying it. All the washing is now done and we are listening to music. We even have a TV, if we wanted to get close to “normal” life, but we are still stalling on that one. We are in Mountain view cottage no. 3, called Oak. The view is stunning and the mountain is awesome and close to us. There are several hikes/walks that we can do and we will do some, definitely not the one to Rhino peak, which is an 8 hour hike. One day is set aside to go and drive Sani Pass. One cannot come this close and not go and experience that.

Up to now we have been in shorts and t-shirts, but this has now changed as it is sort of coldish here. They have already had some frost, so winter is fast approaching in the “Berg”.