sigh. today rocked.
so today was my last official day of freedom- all the days off from now on will be marked by severe guilt and anxiety that i haven't done enough work- but today was the last guilt free, no stress day (work in all its glory starts on Wednesday). We went off the beaten track to delvillewood, which runs near to shongweni dam; its the main train route to maritzburg and runs through the most amazing tunnels and hillside landscapes. A friend knew of a waterfall that he felt we all simply had to visit, and thus we embarked on some serious offroading (we were in an audi, and were staring with jealousy at other friends in a jeep), through scary disused tunnels through to this site. The waterfall is fantastic; its around a 100 metre drop which, when looking up from the bottom, looks an unreal drop. Rumor has it that a little girl was horse riding at the top, and was washed over the top- i wouldn't like to experience that drop. The traintracks ran right by the bottom of the waterfall pool, and so, as could be expected, we instantly turned into little kiddies and put all our available small change on the railway lines to see how thin and squashed they could turn out from being run over. The only factor i was really upset about (besides shanna and i almost being run down by a surprisingly quiet train) was the fact that i forgot my camera at home and so have no photos to show of this great site- the thing that pissed me off far more was the fact that everyone i was with had forgotten their cameras too.. Damn. After this we spent the rest of the afternoon lounging by the big dam, braai-ing, and doing very little else; i tell you, to turn the page of the newspaper was hard work. All in all a good day spent avoiding the A1 and doing as little as possible. I'd say a day well spent.
ps i love the picture- it has nothing to do with today- but we washed sally yesterday and she simply looked so out of place, miserable sitting (with as much dignity as she could muster) in the bath. She made me laugh- that miserable out of place look. Too priceless.
posted by me at 6:08 PM
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hey i also went to delville wood with wes and romy and crew before i left... it was super scenic and i also remember being so bummed that i didn't bring my camera. i left it at romy's place cos it was raining/dangerous or something. if you're talking about the waterfall on the cliff face next to the tunnel on the right, it didn't have much coming down it when we were there... but i guess that was the end of winter ? we also walked down to the left and through this long tunnel to this other potential waterfall which was all dried up at the time. i think the candy was the actual reason i didn't take my camera, but would really dig to go back there and take some shots sometime if you keen ?
sally looks like a drowned rat, almost as pathetic as sir wumpalot after a bath, although he looks more like a drowned mouse...
woohoo- anytime! we can go to delvillewood everyday if you wanna when you back! i like how you say we should go sometime- as though we should do it soon, like its just around the corner! we should pop by there.. hows tomorrow looking?!
the waterfall was really awesome actually- the water looks amazing falling from such a height- but pretty arb that its well known.. such an arb little, out of the way place really. damn railways. the candy?
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