 My old friend, David Monk, hitting the spot with his elbow. |
 The crew - I can't tell you how great it was to have everyone together after so many years. |
 Having fun with Mart at the end of the night. What a fantastic wedding! |
 Andrea got to meet my Auntie Penny and Ralph... |
 not to mention how overwhelming it must have been to meet everyone from my past. |
 After the wedding we started off on our honeymoon with a stop north of Durban... |
 for afternoon tea at a stunning resort called Zimbali. |
 We then drove north seeing rural Africa and Andrea has since been practicing carrying things on her head... |
 We arrived at one of my favorite places in the world and were shown to our "Rondavel"... |
 luggage hoisted on heads waiting for me to arrive with the key. |
 You can see the majestic Drakensburg mountains reflected in the window of our cute little thatched "rondavel". |
 The resort, Champagne Castle, is where I spent my childhood holidays and it hasn't changed much... |
 from the trampoline... |
 and swimming pool... |
 to the magnificent lake and forest walks and hikes. |
 We were fortunate enough to witness a famous Drakensburg thunderstorm as it reverberated and cracked through the mountains. |
 Andrea impressed me with her newly acquired horse riding skills as we rode through the endless landscape of my childhood. |
 That afternoon we went on another ride through the Spienkop Nature Reserve. |
 We witnessed the brutality of nature as the mother Zebra didn't allow our guide to help save her dying baby. |
 We were able to ride up really close to... |
 the giraffe. The baby was actually very curious about us... |
 but eventually she joined her mom again as Andrea followed. |
 Interacting on horseback is a completely different experience... |
 than seeing them in a man made gas guzzling vehicle. |
 Although my horse "Flash" just wasn't into it. I thought I should carry him until we started heading home and then all of a sudden I couldn't hold him back!! |