Pretoria to Blythe River Canyon
Today we went on a city tour of
Pretoria, the capital of South Africa. Pretoria is famous for its Jacaranda
trees, a beautiful exotic looking purple tree. Pretoria has more than 70,000 Jacaranda trees.
We were also supposed to stop at the Law Courts, but
due to the sentencing of Oscar Pretorious, all the streets were blocked with TV
crews and police.
We went on to see a statue of Nelson Mandela, which is in front of the Pretoria City Hall, which the South Africans claim to be the most beautiful City Hall of the world.
One other
thing we went to visit was the “Voortrekker Monument”. The voortrekkers were
the boers, who were forced to migrate because of the English. The history is
very complicated, and there were many bloody battles. To commemorate their
history, they built this very large monument.
The next day we left Haia Safari Ranch and drove to
the RV rental place. All our RV’s were lined up and ready to go. Our RV
happened to be one of the very newest ones on the lot. After a bit of getting
used to it, we were on our way.
We started off slowly, as they drive on the left side
of the road in SA, something that you just need a little bit of practice and
time to get used to.
Our route took us away from the big capital and up
into some very mountainous terrain, Blythe River Canyon. Very, very, beautiful.
We also ended up in some clouds, driving through thick fog, not so much fun!
But all went well.
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