moulesy replied on 17/02/2020 13:08
Posted on 17/02/2020 13:08
It was obviously coincidence that we'd booked our holiday to avoid the worst of Storm Dennis (and I hope to goodness that everyone has stayed safe and secure - the little news we've heard over here has seemed pretty grim) and even more of a coincidence, according to Mrs M that we arrived on Valentine's Day, but here we are anyway.
We arrived at Pretoria (or Tshwane as it's now been given its African name) after a long but comfortable flight and taken on a quick tour of the city, including, of course, stopping off at one of the many statues of the country's great man, and then off to our hotel for an overnight stay before setting off for the Kruger National Park the following morning.
En route we stopped at what is now a rather tacky tourist attraction - a village called Pilgrim's Rest which was established during the country's first gold rush in the 19th century. The bar at the hotel started life as a church in next door Mozambique before being brought and rebuilt in the village. Some enterprising local youths dress up as scarecrows and dance for a few coins from visitors (all rather sad in some ways.)
Then off up to the mountain top to a spot called God's Windows for some amazing views of the veldt, some 1000 metres below - an awesome site.
And finally on to the park itself, hoping for a good night's sleep until we found put we had to be up at 5am for the first of two day's game drives!
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