Monday, April 13, 2009

Drakensberg Mountain vacation pictures


Christina hikes to waterfalls with her Dad.

Angela and Christina learn the game of Cricket.

From Cricket to the hotel animal petting area.

Many hours sitting on a bench at the hotel animal petting area watching Angela hang out with the animals and chase bunnies. This bunny came right over to me and sniffed my foot. Hmmmm good!!!!


Angela rides a horse for the first time.

No fear! I asked her what her favorite part of the ride was, and she said, "Feeling Tall"!

Angela is hooked on horses now. Maybe more riding lessons are in her future.

Angela finally catches and holds a bunny!

Angela makes friends with a goat.

Christina and Angela on the patio of the Champagne Castle hotel.

Tea time at precisely 10:30am and 3:30pm every day!

This is the baboon that greeted us when we first checked in. He was hanging out near our room.

Christina and Angela having fun at a rest stop along the way. Trampolines are embedded and flush with the ground at most rest stops. Much safer then being elevated on a trampoline.

Some vacation comments:
It was a wonderful vacation. Christina went white water rafting with her Dad while Angela and I relaxed at the hotel. We had many trips to the animal petting area. Christina also went on many hikes with her Dad as well as a 2 hour sunset horse back ride. She got to see many animals, ie zebras, springboks, gazelles. wildebeests, etc. while riding the horse. She said that she could almost touch the animals. Christina and I also had massages at the hotel spa. Now that was relaxing :) :)

1 comment:

  1. Hi Paulette,
    Just a quickie...it's late, but wanted to say I loved your pics and it looks like you had a fabulous time. I'm glad you and Stan were able to relax. Looks like you have some horsewomen in your midst. I was thinking about you....so glad to see what a great time you all had. FUN!
    Love,
    Jean

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