Here's my blog from Saturday! Enjoy!
We get the weekends off, and we decided to rent a car. Lucky
for us, Tegan (the Aussie) can drive stick and is used to driving on the other
side of the road. We decided to go horseback riding on our first day off!
Martine had suggested we go to her friend’s plantation. We had quite the
adventure finding it, but once we made it, we were beyond excited. It was
absolutely BREATHTAKING! I had the pleasure of riding a stallion named Minundo.
He was half Clydesdale and something else. AKA he was HUGE! I was a little
scared, but he was amazing. These horses can manage insane terrain. Here’s a
picture of all five of us on our horses at the top of the mountain/hill. Those
horses were such troopers!
The forest we rode through was so cool. It definitely didn’t
feel like South Africa at all. Good thing we had a guide. I would have been
completely lost in here!
We also got to canter up a hill on our horses. IT WAS
INCREDIBLE! I swear I was going to fly off, but I didn’t and I had the biggest
adrenaline rush by the top of the hill! Liam, our guide/owner of the horses,
was so nice and so helpful. I learned so much about the horses and how to ride
in just an hour and a half. Here’s a picture of us trying to get situated to
take that previous picture. It was pretty difficult, but I like it because you
get a good view of Minundo! Isn’t he gorgeous!
After that we headed back to the farm and fed Valentino.
Then we built a fire and made smores. Tegan had never had a smore. We were
shocked. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find graham crackers at the grocery store
so we just made sandwiches with the chocolate. YUMM.
We all went to bed pretty early that night because we were
on the road at 4 AM the next morning! Had to get to Kruger Park early!
Love you all,
Llewy
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