Kev was in Gauging at home with Sarah and Riaan and Sihle was house-sitting on the other side of town, so we decided to meet him for breakfast at one of our favourite eateries - Sagewood. We went early and were still not the first, and by the time we left at about 10, the place was filling up.
We had hoped to go to the Oyster Box for High Tea but they were fully booked so we decided to try something we haven't done before - a trip through the Valley of 1000 Hills. We've driven the route before but never with the intention of stopping and looking. There are some delightful places along the way, and we stopped and looked at shops, but nothing really caught our attention. Then we decided to take a short detour through Waterfall and back to the N2 before going to the airport to fetch Kev.
That's where the problems started - we were sure we were on the right road, when suddenly, the good road ended and we were in the middle of a rural area - it said Inanda Road and so we thought - well, if we keep going we'll reach Newlands East. Well, it didn't and we finally had to switch on the GPS to find our way out of the valley - I think we were quite close to Inanda Dam. It was interesting driving through the small villages - houses with electricity and water, and good, well maintained concrete roads. Certainly an improvement since 1994 in their lives. We saw the Valley as most tourists don't see it - in its raw beauty, with stunning mountains and rock formations and with poverty and rough living for most of the people.
A detour through Umdhloti to try and find something to eat - a vain hope as it was beyond busy!! and on to the airport to fetch Kev who flew back in the afternoon.
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