S.A. at last!

Hey there!

We made it to the Drakensburg mountains in South Africa! Took quite a while
to get here, but singapore airlines was amazing - no complaints. Got caught
up on all the recent movies. The strike in SA didn't impact the airport at
all. We were thru immigration in record time. We were worried that we'd
have to go downtown in joburg to pay for our train that we're taking to cape
town next week, but when we called they said we could pay the day of - a
relief since the train station isn't the safest place to hang out, and there
were major demonstrations in joburg and cape town yesterday. We were
following it on the news yesterday and it sounded peaceful. So, we picked
up our car and drove 4 hours to the mountains. We're staying at a
backpackers in our deluxe double room with a beautiful view of the mountains
and our own bathroom! Pure luxury :)

Going on a trip this morning to the Amphtheatre - a hike in the mountains.
HAve to go down a bunch of chain ladders hooked up to ropes, should be
interesting. Then going to Lesotho tomorrow where we go into villages and
mix with the locals.
-Anne