Watching the huge waves roll in at Kalk Bay with Jo

Jo and I had a marvellous time photographing huge waves crashing onto restaurants at Kalk Bay.  The seals and sea gulls also gave us a great show.  I fell even more in love with my new 18 - 300 mm lens and the versatility it gives me.

This colourful art was selling at a local stall.

A photographic escapade in Tokai Forest with Jo

It's so amazing sharing a passion like photography with my wonderful sister. Our two hours strolling, pottering and snapping in Tokai Forest was one of the highlights of my whole holiday.  Jason loved it as much as we did!

Rhodes Memorial with Antony and Jo

Highlights

• A brisk but sunny winter's day.
• A delicious lunch of chicken curry at a restaurant with one of the best views in all of Cape Town.
• Photographing the lions (I always loved these as a kid) and Rhodes on his horse.  Cecil John Rhodes is not an admired figure in South Africa these days.  In fact, just recently UCT students threw excrement all over his statue.  Not sure he would be too happy about this!
• The beautiful view from the memorial over Cape Town's southern suburbs.
• A short walk to view the mist over the city through the pines and past lovely silver trees.

Views of Devil's Peak.

Hiking to the Tugela Falls in The Northern Drakensberg

And here we are now at the highlight of the whole Baz bus trip: a hike to The Tugela Falls in the Northern Drakensberg, the 2nd highest waterfall in the world at 3400 metres. This is possibly the best hike I've ever done. The scenery was so spectacular that I had to keep pinching myself. I'm so totally in love with The Drakensberg.  I can't wait to come back here.

Just look at the scale of that rock face.  You almost expect to see the faces of American presidents carved into them!

Lovely flowers along the way.

A steep climb up a narrow gully ...

... brought us out onto the ceiling of the world.

Beautiful and exhilarating.

The iciest leap into water I've ever done. In fact, it was so frightfully cold my heart nearly stopped. But then what do you expect at 3400 metres!

Climbing down the chain ladders on the way down was a nice little adrenaline rush!

There were plenty more awe inspiring views on the walk back.

Here I am with our awesome guide.

The Amphitheatre Backpackers has to one of the best backpackers I've ever stayed at.

Such a relaxing setting...

... with a lovely bar, chill out spaces and even a jacuzzi!  The restaurant served the most amazing food - three courses every night.

From the backpackers, there was a beautiful walk through the grasslands...

... with a gorgeous mountain backdrop.

The grassland flowers were absolutely spectacular.