'For your eye only'. Are the colors real?
The Beloved Country is indeed as colorful as a rainbow. It's rich in diversity in many facets although we focus on the natural wonders...the human wonders tend to get us into trouble when we offer comments. Nevertheless, it's an amazing country with potential beyond belief. However, it seems that the formula to realize that potential is for people to work toward a set of common goals rather than self-enrichment. Didn't take long to get into trouble, did it?
One of the solutions to the country's and in fact, the world's problems is to remove those problems. Original! Seems obvious but impossible. We were thinking of rounding up the universal political class and lobbyists and transporting them elsewhere. Surely, the exploration of outer-space was undertaken for such higher purpose.
The pictures below, and once again, just a few of them, illustrate a tiny bit of the treasures in South Africa. It goes without saying the editor and writer are excluded from such description, although a nice sentiment.
'I'm equally beautiful on this side'.
The only sun of the day was at sunset; it was a sight to behold. (Note the mist and clouds above the buttress at Golden Gate Highlands which covered the region all day).
On the Rhebok trail, the sun again performs superbly.
Big game hunter and tracker hike in the Karoo, a desert in the Cape.
Change of scenery as former big game hunter climbs the Brandwag buttress. (A rather cumbersome way to cross the busy road.)
Cave man returneth from his new home. Forlorn look: apparently, the power was down. He had to take the stairs.
Different stage and position of the sunset.
Eating brunch at a peak, the flora set a wonderful tone.
Rock formations in the region are stunning. The particular sandstone (not in picture) makes one think one could be in Arizona, Utah or Nevada.
Gemsbok in Karoo National Park has two 'heads', second reflected on his body.
If not haunting, it certainly made an impression upon us as we returned on the Rhebok trail.
A colorful bunch. We were on a trail toward the peak in the background, which took us past a viewpoint. Passengers from a mini-bus alighted and asked to take our picture. Strange. Perhaps we do look like wild life or at least, we are game. We in turn obliged, hence the shot. After the hike (and showers), we went to the lodge for tea and met up with the tourists by chance. It was a nice few minutes of conversation with the group from Lesotho.
Glen Reenen camp, Golden Gate Highlands, how apt a name.
Steenbok in the Karoo getting ready for bedtime as the last rays warm the body.
"Did you just see what I saw?" Back on trail we got sidetracked observing this pair from a distance.
Two cave dwellers in Mosemane, Free State. (We had to try the self-timer on the camera; the trails are very quiet.)
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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