BAD ROADS, BUT NICE STORY (continued, part 3) along the way we argued, should we call in Lesotho and Swaziland, or not. Lesotho - this mountain kingdom, which is close to the Drakensberg mountains. Swaziland is located in the north, near the Kruger National Park and the border with Mozambique. We learned that from where we were now in Lesotho could get only the SUV, so this route was immediately expelled. We've visited enough reserves, so that in the Kruger National Park we had to go not necessarily. Besides, getting there was far too long, but we did not have time to spare, and Swaziland, we also decided not to go. South African landscape We spent several days in KwaZulu-Natal and a town called Dundee. The city is located in the scenic region, which is called Battlefields. We decided to stay at the hotel "Battlefields Bekpekers International, because there we were promised to arrange a guided tour of duty fighting the Zulus, the British and the Boers. We were lucky: we found a good hotel, where you can stay for a few nights, and one of the best guides we met during our trip. Evan Jones has an encyclopedic knowledge of the battles that took place in these places, and we spent with him much longer than planned. He showed us many memorable places and talked a lot about the major battles of those times. Mount Shpirmanskop of the books that I read about the British military campaign against the Zulus, and then against the Boers, it became apparent that the statement of one of the Boer generals that the British soldiers were lions commanded by fools, it was completely justified. Evan told us the story of how the Boers at the Battle of Shpirmanskope was ordered not to shoot British officers, because they kill more of their soldiers than the Boer army. When we looked at their eyes on the battlefield and learned how a battle, it became clear that with better command could be achieved quite different results, and much earlier. Old trench, however, the best event of the day became an annual competition of extreme sports forks, which are called "Zvartkop Challenge. During these competitions the teams had to drag naval guns up a very steep slope. Last year the team managed to improve the Lesotho army record, which was 20 minutes, as much as 7 minutes. In the same year all the teams were ready to set a new record, but the guys from Lesotho prepare your best and beat the record again, pulled a gun in the last 7 minutes 19 seconds. Their boss was unhappy, because they planned to climb in 7 minutes flat. But still well done! Also proved to be excellent and Zulu dancers, who organized the concert. They have a phenomenal sense of rhythm, amazing power and potential. The guys from Lesotho Drakensberg We have seen since they left the city of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, but as we approach spectacle became more exciting. It became obvious that Africa - a young continent in terms of geology. Local mountains adorned with proud sharp peaks that are very different from what we saw in Australia, where the mountains have already been destroyed by time. We particularly do not have the time, but we still decided to call the National Park Royal Natal, where he performed walking 6 km walk - 3 km climb up the hill, 3 km descent - which allowed us to better understand the region. At night we stayed in a cozy cottage. We just did not want to go anywhere that day. Zulu dancers, then we made a short trip to Johannesburg. Nothing special there, we have not seen, although the guide assured us that this trip we will not spare. At Johannesburg's reputation for unsafe city. Although we have not had time to figure out whether this is true. Now we are in the backyard of a small hotel near the airport, and it is quite not bad. Drakensberg Tomorrow we fly to Paris, where we rented an apartment near Malakoff, it seems this is the 18 th District. Our house, though called a flat, the size of it will be markedly inferior to those rooms at the hotels where we stayed in recently. Start material:
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