Come and walk this road with us and I will show you some amazing sights.
Things can grow big in Africa, and we are blessed with abundant nature and beauty.
Even our storms are very big, and we have had some very severe flooding in South Africa lately. That was the reason for this visit, as we wanted to see if the road bridge here was still intact. Apparently, at one stage, we had 82 roads flooded and impassable, but the road teams are working very hard and most of the roads have been opened again. The real bad ones will take much longer to repair, but they are saying that the teams are working day and night. And hopefully by November, only a few roads will still be closed. Power of the rivers, flowing down from the mountain, erases everything in its way.
I wanted to firstly show you this tree that my wife was standing next to.
Yep! Did I tell you things grow big?
Right, here is the bridge and let us have a quick look around.
Soon that tree leaning over like that will be floating down the river.
Here is the tree in its surroundings.
Slowly but surely, that sand river bank below that tree is also disappearing.
And that is that tree above's surrounds.
Cleverly, they have stacked this line of rocks at the other side of the bridge in an effort to split the river in two parts. This should dilute the force of the water coming down a bit.
But it is a beautiful place, and I love this shot.
Finally, I wanted to show you a sample of the power of the wind. And look how it is turning this cloud back over.
We are, as I said, in early summer and we are sitting now at 28C temperature wise, but soon we will have to look for shade again when we go out for me to take photos. The weather man reckons that with the El Nino system around, we might escalate in temperatures in full summer to 40C. I regard that as frying weather. I feel so sorry for the people that live in tin shacks, as they become ovens in heat like that. One can pop an eye on a rock to fry it. Further inland, up north, the temperatures will even be worse under the blazing African sun.
But such is life.
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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