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Greetings from Kwazulu-Natal (11/20/00)
Jim - in the Northern Drakensberg, Kwazulu-Natal P
Well, in my last journal entry, which I wrote just about 10 hours ago, I predicted I would be offline for awhile, but low and behold, the "Amphitheater Backpacker" has a computer and modem!
I'm high in the Drackenberg mountain region of the Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa. Very rural and green.
Although I cannot attach my digital camera to the computer, they already had a picture of the place on their computer, so that is what you see in this entry.
There is lots of hiking up here as well as the waterfalls I mentioned earlier. But I just arrived after a 5-hour ride from Pretoria. So no time to see anything as yet.
I've just been invited to go on a 3-day hike, so I may really be offline for a while.
The other trip that has been highly recommended is to Lesotho \LAY SU TU\. Lesotho is a "kingdom" and a separate country, as is Swaziland. They have their own passports, money, embassy, etc.
Lesotho is very rural--no phones, electricity, etc. and several backpackers told me it has been the highlight of their trip--so sounds like my next stop.
It looks like I may be in the bush come Thanksgiving--this will be one to remember.
Enjoy your hot meals and think of me camping high in the damp, cold mountains of South Africa :-)
