Day 7 22/1/2015
Today was gyming and chilling. Trying to recover from the hectic last few days we had. I didn’t feel to good so I slept most of the day. Plus tomorrow and the weekend was going to be hectic.
So until tomorrow’s adventures:)
Day 6 21/1/2015
We both woke up to been very hyper active. One from the engagement the night before and the next one it was my fiance’s 30th birthday (I still can’t believe I can say that!) So early morning of opening presents and coffee before getting ready to go for breakfast and phone more people. Since the signal wasn’t that great I ended up messaging people first before phoning them because it keep cutting off. My mom also kept on phoning me and I had to hold my phone away from me sometimes becasue she was so excited.
Enough about engagement for now. After breakfast we went back to our cottage and packed up and slowly drove back to reception, bought somethings and checked out.
On the way home we stoppped of at the school where Kieron’s mom works to tell and show her the good news. In 5 mins the whole school knew of course:) It was a day of celebrations! Very happy celebrations!!
Buffilo
Birthday boy
Day 5 20/1/2015
At around 5;00 am Kieron wakes me up and decides to go early morning game driving before breakfast. I wasn’t too happy about that, but it was worth while in the end becasue we saw some game. It was very misty, raining and the some of the roads where a bit muddy. We managed to get to breakfast before it ended. The rest of the day was farily chilled and around 4:00 pm we drove to a game/bird hide to see aninmals. Unfortuantly there were no animals or birds since the water hole was very dry even though it was still misty and raining. On the way out of the hide we heard a hynea call. It was one of the most scariest things ever, since it sounded quite close to the hide. At last we managed to get back into the car and get back to camp. We showered and got ready to go to dinner. After dinner Kieron dragged me out to the viewing deck which looks out to the rest of the park. It was very dark and misty but it was still very beautiful and could I possibly say romantic? Yes it was. While I was looking at the view I asked Kieron something and when I turned around to face him. He was on his knee. Yes, he asked me to marry him! I was in such shock it took me a while but without a stutter, I said yes! He asked me underneath this tree. It was one of the most romantic things someone has ever given to me or asked me. Trust me I was bouncing up and down all night. I don’t think I barely slept:) 🙂 🙂
I can’t wait to spent the rest of my life with Kieron Thwaites, the love of my life and my best friend.
The tree
A buffilo in the mist
Rhino
Day 4 19/1/2015
This morning we got up early (well the sun rises earlier than Cape Town) and packed up and headed off to the park. I was really excited since I have never been there before. Driving there I was amazing how many trees there were big and small. Everywhere is freeways. After a couple of hours and with a stop at Wimpy for lunch and a change of drivers we arrived at the park.
One of the many animals we saw during the first day. This included Rhino, giraffe and buffilo, etc. We arrived late into Hilltop Camp because of a certain buffilo who decided to take his time and wouldn’t get off the road.
Ellie
Rhinos
Hilltop Camp
Day 3
18/1/2015
Today just considered of unpacking and going food shopping for our few days in Hilltop Camp Hluhluwe Game Reserve. Other chores as well. Nothing much exciting happened expected I saw nearly all the shopping malls in Durban. I found Durban full of hills and it seems to take time to get to these placces. Oh and I seem to get lost in that town maybe because of all te hills and freeways and there is also no mountain to guided one.
Then that evening we packed our clothes in one bag, packed up the dry goods and got the cold stuff together in the fridge.
So here is to another part of a adventure in an adventure!
Day 2 17/1/2015
This morning after breakfast, we headed off for our long drive to Durban. I must admit I have never seen so many trucks on a road before. I was quite scared at one stage. We stopped off at Graip Dam for photos, well it was mostly for my benift because I can’t remember stoppping off at this dam before.
Once we were on the N3 to Durban with all the trucks. We stopped off at the smallest church I have ever see. It was quite amazing! We only arrived in Durban and at Kieron’s parent’s house at 10:00 pm. Wow and that was only the beginning of the adventure!
