It
was a short trip from Sodwana to St. Lucia which is amongst my favourite places
to be and the first day was spent setting up camp, buying a few supplies and
taking a short walk on the beach. It was still overcast so we decided to take
it easy and get some work done on the computers. Please see this post for more
info and pictures of St. Lucia: http://natureswow.blogspot.com/2013/05/st-lucia-south-africa-travelogue.html
On the way
there I had noticed some Nguni cattle. They are very mottled, colourful and
indigenous. The horns of slaughtered animals are kept and beautifully carved
for sale at roadside stalls.
One had a
beautiful white patch but a deformed horn.
Going to
the bathroom, this lovely, medium-sized moth was on the wall.
Early the
next morning we left to take a drive to Cape Vidal which is situated about
20km’s away.
St. Lucia is
surrounded by the iSimangaliso Wetlands and was proclaimed a UNSECO World
Heritage Site.
It covers
an area of 240,000 hectare and comprises of sea, wetland, marine and savannahs.
It is a renowned area for nesting turtles.
Along the
way, there are many species of birds and wildlife to be found.....
including
the largest dung beetle I have ever seen!! It must be at least 5cm in length.
The coast
along there is lovely and we stopped to watch the waves and people fishing.
Arriving at
Cape Vidal, I see it is much changed since I was there many years ago.
As the day
was hot, we stopped for an ice cream then down to the beach to wander among the
tidal pools.
This is
always such a fascination for me and the coral clinging to the sides of the
rocks is beautiful.
Not knowing
marine creatures, there were curious roundish ones and some lovely small fish.
On the way
back I stopped to examine some dung and found this beautiful dungbeetle.
One our
second day there, we went to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game reserve. I don’t know if it
was maybe the time of year, but there was almost nothing to see so by
lunchtime, we were ready to leave.
Stopping at
the Wimpy in Mtubatuba, we had lunch and drove back to St. Lucia. Gaelyn went
to get her computer out of the back of the truck and discovered that while we
were eating, someone had stolen it and her vanity bag!! To make things worse,
they must have had a key as they even lock the car behind them!! I was SO very,
very upset on her behalf.
Because of
this, she had now lost all the pictures she had taken on the trip sofar. My
heart cried with her. How awful I felt that this should happen to anyone let
alone a very good friend like her!!
3 comments:
Well everything but the theft was delightful here.
I just hope there was nothing too personal on the computer! A horrible thing to have happened and I am also sad about it for both of you.
A lovely series of shots none the less.
Take care Diane
I love your pictures! Please be careful out there! So glad you both didn't get hurt.
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