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I love the Drakensberg mountains....did a few hiking trips there....my first was when I was 15...with a school trip....and I made it to the top of Mount Aux Sources...the highest peak in "The Berg".....I think it is about 4300m......there was a hut...but the roof was down! Read about the chainladder and the trip here and see the picture of the chainladder too.

If you're the kind of outdoor-type of person and like to go on hiking trips....you MUST go there....!! You will not regret it...be careful....you get snow in October in the Mountains and you musn't go by yourself! On any hiking trip...always at least 3 people....I also did a couple with children...my library monitors back home...three times...good old times....

In the UK I would never dream of taking children on a trip like that..."health and safety" always a big issue....what a shame, this country has really brought some problems upon themself with "health and safety"... I wonder what it is like in other parts of the world...I think that's why our kids from SA is much more "tougher"...they can handle a lot more and cope with much more than kids in the UK....you feel like pampering them all the time...

Read in English here what I'm going to write in Afrikaans....go down with the slider...

Toe ek 'n student was, was ek met 'n staptoer saam met Oom Mauritz...van Centurion...hy was die hoofingenieur van die Hoogland waterskema in die Transkei en hy het die Transkei soos die palm van sy hand geken. Ons was 'n groep van so 36 wat vanaf Port St Johns gestap het, noord na Port Edward se kant. Daar was ' n paar kindertjies ook van so 10-11 wat die trip bietjie moeilik gevind het, daarom het ons by Mkambati Natuurreservaat opgehou. Oom Mauritz het die bus van Margate laat kom om ons daar te kry en ons het regdeur na Margate geskiet en daar by 'n hotel ordentlik gebad en 'n dag daar deurgebring. Dit was heerlik!! Die roete wat ons gestap het was fantasties....soms op die strand gestap en soms op die rantjies....lees hier (gaan net af met die slider wanneer jy by die link uitgekom het) oor die roete en stappie daar... by Port St Johns het ons beeste op die strand gekry...en natuurlik anderskleuriges wat in onderklere swem...wonder hoe dit deesdae daar lyk....Oom Mauritz het ons na teeplantasies geneem...die Magwa Falle ook gaan wys....'n waterval gewys wat die enigste in SA is wat DIREK in die see val!...allerhande pragtige plekke...ek wonder of hy nog leef! Dit was regtig 'n belewenis om saam met hom te stap...ek het dagboek gehou van letterlik alles, waar ons gestap het, hoe laat ons waar geeet het, waar ons geslaap het...een nag het ons onder 'n oorhangende rots geslaap...genoeg slaapplek vir almal van ons!

Hy het ons in kookspanne in gedeel en almal het vir almal gekook, jy het jou beurt gekry om "aan diens" te wees en die gees onder die groep was fantasties...daar was twee uitruilstudente wat hulle by ons groep geskaar het, met die gevolg dit was heeltyd Engels praat terwille van hulle. Die eerste nag was nogal 'n koue nag, ons was veronderstel om in hutte te slaap wat oom Mauritz gereel het met plaaslike bevolking wat hy geken het by Lusikisiki...hierdie spelling...weet nie meer of dit die regte spelling is nie, maar toemaar, ons weet min of meer...en toe was die hutte se dakke af en hy kon nie die mense daar kry nie. Ons het toe maar in die oopte geslaap en dit was koud...Oktober...maar die wind het gewaai! Oom Mauritz het in Hans Strydomlaan gewoon, spoor hom op en kry hom op 'n staptoer in die Transkei!

Stressed out!

I think we are all a bit stressed out at school! hahaha...it is a typical sign of end-of-year...so much going on...actually ...too much...i think i'm getting fed-up, because i can't do in my class what i really want to do...and that is to have a bit of FUN!
Our PPA for the afternoon was cancelled...and i couldn't have the fun in the afternoon which i planned, because the leavers' practise took place later...so we were kind of waiting to be called....and nobody called at the time they were supposed to call us....only much later...what a waste...but...we didn't mind really, because we finished off our memory booklets.
Tomorrow another busy day, we have to practise our presentation for Wednesday in the Tower! And i plan an ICT project, to use PAINT.NET and to create our own pictures in the style of Hockney.... today's Seurat was a total lost with the "waiting.." What a shame, so much good time going lost... but anyway...there is always something else that needs to be done...and i think i'm still in a red mood!






This is a view in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa! Beautiful!!




And...I'm in a purple mood too! That is close enough to red...lol!
This is a street in Pretoria! In Spring,,,,,,October, the city is covered in Jacaranda blossoms.....that is the time when students write exams...and fall in love!
Pretoria is also called the "Jacaranda city"... because of all the Jacaranda trees in the streets...really a beautiful scene during October/November.
And I have now a new mouse, it seems to me that the other one was the cause of all my problems on the chess site!


Hmmm...i like these purple colours...my favourite colour!


And Red,...another favourite colour...

Drakensberg mountains --movie

See a fantastic MOVIE about the Drakensberg here on my Wordpress-blog. The link will open in a new window.

Mount Aux Sources

Chain ladders to get to the top of Mount Aux Sources! I was on this ladder when I was 15....with a school trip! The wind was blowing and it was quite scary with everything on your back. Mount Aux Sources is the highest peak in the Drakensberg mountains. "Drakensberg" means basically "monstrous mountains"...and that is really what it is...the whole range...from the North of the country....it stretches to the South...Mount Aux Sources is about 4200 m. Devil's Tooth is just opposite Mount Aux Sources. There is a hut, but the thatched roof was blown off by strong winds...but at least we had some tents with us and some of us just slept in the open! It also rained that night...!

Drakensberg Mountains

Please click HERE to see more pictures and a movie about the Drakensberg mountains.