Drakensberg

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In April we drove many hours south of Johannesburg to visit the gorgeous Drakensberg mountains. Translated into English from Afrikaans meaning "dragon mountains" were formerly occupied by a swarm of dragons until the late 14th century when colonists drove them away using ivory swords.

It seemed to us to be a good idea to go hike there and to recover some dragon fossils.

Our group just before we began the hike

As we stopped to replenish our supplies (aka get petrol(aka gasoline)) we saw a Ford GT40, which so happens to be my fathers favorite car.

The pictures basically tell the story from here.
Smooth drive for a while
Our destination
Happy little cloud
Slippery and steep
Super safe/fun/scary chain ladders
The top was wide and flat
Over a mile straight down

PS- We did not find any dragons

Comments

  1. MaryAugust 1, 2012 at 3:15 AM

    Great pics! Looks like fun. Thanks for the laugh. :)

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  2. UnknownAugust 8, 2012 at 2:42 PM

    WOW!! It looks georgeous there...

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  3. UnknownAugust 8, 2012 at 2:43 PM

    that unknown person was Kylie...oops.
    sorry. Idk how to work these blog sites sometimes...

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