Let's buy a tent...

So Daniel and I decided to take a break and go on holiday.  I am going to devide this into a few blog entries.  This is how our journey went...

I really wanted to go to the Kruger National Park.  Usually how our holidays work is we get in the car and drive and buy whatever we need on the road - in other words, no planning.  This time we needed a tent and so we stopped at this really fancy-4x4-outdoor-shop.  We saw the tents, arranged from smallest to biggest on the shelf and decided to take the biggest one after the shopowner convinced us that it is the best tent they have - offcourse! Off we go to the Phalaborwa gate.  Get there and got told that they are full.  Luckily just outside the gate we found a spot to camp at a Forvever Resorts campsite. Get there, pack everything out and pitch the tent - the Kiddies T-Pee tent! Yes, that's right we bought without realizing it, a damn bright yellow Kiddies T-Pee tent with a pole in the middle. We laughed.

Parys! Stop hiding things from me!

I know Parys like all the songs on my Queen cd but somehow I discover someting new every day.  My friend, Margory, and I wanted to have a "hide-away-from-the-world-girly-afternoon" and she showed me this little gem of a coffee shop right here in Parys!

It was truly amazing, R30-00 for a chicken wrap and a big one! And since I am crazy about tea - they give you a lovely BIG pot of tea with 3 tea bags in! Nice! That's all I want to say!

The Doghouse.

Today's post is very random but so close to my heart. Boohooo!

I love animals. My mom loves animals. My dad loves animals. My brother loves animals. We all love animals.

Now let me tell you a little bit about our dogs. Remember when your parents told you when a dog or cat or budgie died that they went to the farm? Well, these six dogs literally did. Each and every one of them are in their own way a rescue dog. I would have loved if they could talk! Do you remember the movie "All dogs go to heaven?" Well, I still believe that!

They get treated like royalty - in this house a dog is a person.

Meet the super duper six!

Patrys - the whippet. She acts like a cat and has the personality of an Egyptian sphinx. 

Lady - the matriarch. She protects the rest like a hen protects her chicks.

Gandolph - the wolfdog. The only boy of the clan, the gentle giant with the bladder as small as a pea.

Dikbek - the fastest boerboel ever. A mix between a greyhound and boerboel and as cute as a button.

Dassie - dynamite comes in small packages. So many layers of dog in here!

Tulula - the hunter. This is where my heart melts.

There you have it - a bit of mush for the day.

Bye!And as they would say: "Woof!"

When I'm in the Cape, I turn into an ape.

We went to the Cape this past weekend for the annual Gravity Fest in Kleinmond. Every single time I go there I just want to pack my stuff and move because for one, it is pretty and two, it is pretty. Did I say it is pretty?

I have mentioned before that I am a really bad flyer. I still am. I am the one on the flight who orders red wine at 10 in the morning and try to read just because I force myself not to look out of the window. Ooooooh, it is bad. I did however this time manage to get a picture of the snow on the mountains just before we landed.

The weather was just fantastic, apparently it was the first nice few days in a long time and it got bad again when we left - thank you Cape weather for making us feel welcome!

Always good to see good old friends, stuff your face with lekker food and being really tired after a busy weekend so that you sleep through the whole flight back!

Cheers!

Come on new camera, let's go to the zoo!

It has been a long time since I blogged and the reason being is that my camera had some nasty virus. Lesson to be learned here: Don't put your stick into any hole, you will become infected.

So, I dumped that camera because I don't like virusses and bought myself a new one and took it on a nice little trip to the zoo.

I have mixed feelings about the zoo. I love having the opportunity to have a close look at animals but on the other hand I feel this sadness because they are all caged up and will never know what freedom feels like. I must say though that the Pretoria zoo is really nice - big clean cages, healthy looking animals, access to water, lots of trees and litter free! I was really impressed and not only by above mentioned but also by how much you see for only R60-00! What is your thoughts on a zoo?

Bye!