After packing up this morning, we were all a tad slow, I’m sure the G & T’s and numerous bottles of red wine may have had a little something to do with it. We returned to Tranquili-Tea for a post wedding brunch. This 4 day wedding party starting with the bachelor and bachelorette party on Thursday and ending with brunch today is the way to go. I can see why so many cultures stretch out their wedding celebrations.
After brunch and many good byes we set off to Dundee in KZN. We took the R33 for the 120km trip. As always, Gray chooses the routes least travelled. This one was no exception, up and down mountain passes through rural African villages and towns. The first part of the journey was pretty, with mountainous outcrops and mountainsides filled with aloes. This is battlefield area; a historical area of early Zulu conflicts, Voortrekker – Zulu conflict, Anglo – Zulu and the Anglo Boer wars. Robs is very jealous that we are doing this area without her. As a history major she had done lots of reading and papers on the subject.
The first mountain descent was particularly hairy, a gravel road, pitted with potholes and a deep drop off into the valley below had us traveling at a slow pace. We crossed over the Tugela River into the town of Tugela Ferry and like most of the trip we were dodging goats in the middle of the road. The final 40km into Dundee were really pretty, with green rolling mountains and the road was considerable better.
On entering Dundee, I became a touch concerned, Gray is really good at finding us good places to stay but based on the main road I wasn't sure what we were in for. Heading into the suburbs (2 blocks from the town center) did little to allay my fears. I don't know why I ever doubt him, the Lapha B& B that he booked us into was really nice. As we arrived early and the rooms were not ready, we sat in the beautiful gardens, read and watched the birds – so peaceful, we really need to take more time out to relax and smell the roses.
Oops no pun intended but we were booked in the rose room, a spacious room with a bay window and a big ball and claw bath. Best of all was the glorious king size bed. For the past two nights we had been spooning in a three quarter size double – if one of us rolled over, the other pretty much landed up on the floor.
As there was very little, or actually nothing to do in Dundee on a Sunday afternoon, we chilled and googled places for dinner. The best fine dining establishment was the aptly named Battle Creek Spur. Having woken up with flu that has been getting worse all day, I gratefully fell into my big comfortable bed at 07:30.
Panda looks so happy at his favourite place in the world.
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