Maria and Nokanya, crossing the Mtentu
Zebra
It is sunny and hot out which is my personal favourite. This bad weather, although refreshing at times, was starting to weigh me down. The hike was great. We saw a lot of wildlife under which was Red Hartebeest, Eland, Gemsbok, Zebra, and so many Baboons. When we got as far as the Horseshoe Falls, we decided to have a break, and enjoy the magnificent energy present here. We lingered a while longer. We met a father playing with his two young boys, and two cyclists stopping by for a dip in the pools.
The rest of our hike was mostly along 4 x 4 tracks, and later on a gravel road. Guru started chasing a Gemsbok herd, and we couldn't get him to stop. If someone had to see this, they'd kick us all out of the resort, but didn't bother him much. It was cool though, because he was just playing, no harm done. Later he chased a troop of baboons, and they eventually became very angry, but he didn't care much for the crowd around him, shouting heatedly.
We were hiking along this road for what seemed forever, and then I said to Maria how I wished a car would pick us up, and what do you know, the next thing, a Land Rover parked beside us, and offered us a ride. All of us fit in the back, except Guru. The lady asked if he belonged to us, and we explained how he's been tagging along since Mnyameni. We were upset with him for chasing the animals, so we thought he'd find his own way. It couldn't be more than 2kms to the office... Well, what happened next, was heartbreaking! As we pulled away, Guru followed, and he ran for all he was worth! I've never seen anything like it, and I felt like such a traitor, for disowning him, and making him chase behind us.
He was running like that for what seemed an eternity, but I actually have no idea, just felt like it. We were cheering him on, and I promised him everything his little heart desired. Finally, we stopped at the Reserve Office, and fell out the back, as we were all trying to give Guru the congratulations he so richly deserved. Wow, that was quite an experience.
Victoria showed us our quarters, which is what looks like the conference centre. The Reserve had been fully booked, and as the dogs aren't really allowed, they expected us to handle a low profile. We managed to get a lift to the spaza, on the truck that delivers every body to their homes. This is one of the most well stocked, happening spaza's I've seen this side of Port St Johns. We bought everything we've been craving along the way, or at least that which we could find, or the closest thing to it. If I said this spaza is well stocked, then I meant for the Transkei...
We cooked up a feast for the dogs. Chicken, rice, gravy... and as for ourselves, we were snacking away on junk food, but it was the best meal in ages. We had access to all the electricity we were hoping for, so we started charging, and catching up on blog postings.
Morale was quite high, and we were up until somewhere around midnight. I suddenly felt like I was gonna fall asleep in an upright position. We crawled in, but I couldn't sleep, because I was hearing all sorts of sounds, and imagining all sorts of creepy stuff, so I jumped up at the slightest movement. Somewhere in the middle of all of this, I fell asleep.
