Dam(n) It, or Rock The Cradle of Love

Water You Waiting For? (Gwen Stefani, Water You Waiting For?) or better yet,

I Can See For Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles... (The Who, I Can See For Miles)

So we improvised and decided to head to Hartbeespoort Dam, a weekend getaway spot for many Johannesburg residents. On the way, I saw road signs which I never saw anywhere else in the world (and I bet you haven't either). I would have had Abby stop the car so I could take a photo, but you'll understand why I didn't when I tell you the sign said "Warning: Carjack Zone Next 7 km".

Flat tire, no problem, we'll ride on the rims.

Anyway, we get to the dam. It is quite old, as you can see by the photos below:

Who Didn't Turn Off The Faucet?

Modeled After The Arc d' Triomphe, for no reason.

Obviously Not a Weekend When We Were There

Near the dam is a mountain that one can take a cable car up to. Since I have yet to spend enough money, we hadn't been carjacked, and it was a very pleasant day, off we went!

Very Trustworthy, made by the Swiss!!!

I can see the End of the World!!!

"I am Sailing, I am Sailing..."

Then it was off to the Cradle of Humankind. Not an actual place, mind you, but a general area where many bones of early man were discovered. But they do have a museum there to check out, which we arrived at 15 minutes before closing. So we did the special "Jogging Tour" of the museum, where we kind of bounced around looking at the different things. One bonus was all the schoolkids were already heading home. They even had a ride at the beginning about the four elements (no kids, not John, Paul, George & Ringo); that's right, Water, Fire, Earth, and, er...Jell-o©. I mean Wind.

Here is  photo from the ride:

I Feel So Blue

After, we walked outside, and as a bonus, we saw numerous locusts copulating. The male was on top of the female, and he was holding on for dear life.

Naughty Naughty

Reminded us of a song: 

Sex is natural,
Sex if fun,
Sex is best when it's one on one... (George Michael, I Want Your Sex)

We had more photos, but you get the idea. And if you don't, well then get your mind into the gutter.

The next day we went to the Apartheid Museum, which was quite interesting and had huge amounts of information (but no photos).

We then left for the Timbavati Game Reserve & Kruger National Park. Photos and videos should be up in the next couple of days.

Until then,

Enjoy your braai, and everything here is "Lakker" (great)!

-Steve