We woke up bright and early on Wednesday to drive to a town called, "Sabie." The drive to Sabie took us from big city to rural areas, and although we were on highways most of the time the scenery was worth the four hour drive.
We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast for the next two nights and did some sight seeing around the famous South African region know as, "The Panorama Route." It is absolutely gorgeous. Everywhere you look there is something beautiful to see, not just the landscape, but animals too. My favorite so far: Baboons. Apparently, they like to hang out in cabbage fields. Who knew? God sure did some amazing things when he created this part of South Africa.
In Sabie, we stayed at place called, "The Sabie Townhouse." It's operated by a cute older couple named Murray & Irene. They treated us like family, and the breakfast there was very good. The B&B was not luxurious, but it was a beautifully built home with amazing stone and brick work.
As far as sight seeing goes in the Panorama Route, let me tell you about my two highlights. First, my favorite site was called the, "The Lowveld View Site." It's an overlook of the Blyde River Canyon. It was absolutely breathtaking. It's not as big as the Grand Canyon in the US, but it is one of the larger canyons in the world. As I sat on the edge of rock close to (but a safe distance from) the edge of the canyon wall, it was a very spiritual experience. As I sat there I was in awe of God, His Creativity, and how big He is compared to me. I could have sat there for a long time, because for a moment nothing else mattered, and I felt a little bit of Heaven on Earth.
Second highlight was Bridal Veil Falls. It was a unique experience there as you were able to hike up to the bottom of the waterfall and look up at it from the pool, rather than being above or across from it. I was able to hike around and actually get behind the waterfall, that was very cool.
One last thing about Sabie, we ate dinner at a place called, "The Wild Fig Tree." Sarah & I had Impala, it was amazing! We had such a great time laughing, eating, drinking, and hanging out. We had a couple of funny moments with our server figuring things out as she didn't understand us and we didn't understand her. Anyways, if you ever find yourself in Sabie, South Africa, eat at this place. The food is fantastic!
After Bridal Veil Falls we headed back to Pretoria. We decided to go see South Africa's first 3D movie called, "Jock of the Bushveld 3D." It is a famous SA story, but I'm guessing they took a lot of liberties with it. Anyways, the movie wasn't great and their animation & 3D capability is behind Disney/ Pixar stuff. But to be fair, I fell asleep a couple of times during the movie, so maybe I missed the good parts? The popcorn & Coke was good though, two thumbs up for that. We finished the day by getting pizza South African style at a place called Mimmos. It was very good and very much like pizza in the US.
The trip has been so much fun thus far, and there is more to come on our SA Trip! I'll be updating the blog again soon.
FYI: Still no "District 9/ Prawn" sightings unless you count the shrimp on people's plates, there has been plenty of that.
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