Travelog post for: Banyo

At last! We get to go somewhere!

I got to sit up front so I could see where we were going. This is us going through the city centre on the highway...



It's very early in the morning and it is still a bit hazy.



As we head further out, it becomes more rural - quite a contrast to the city!



We have left Gauteng Province and have entered the Free State. Everyone always thinks of the Free State as a very flat part of the country.



But it isn't really. There are some very pretty mountains. We seem to be approaching a rather hilly area now.



We are in a town called Parys...not quite Paris, you pronounce is Pa - race. We drove through the town till we ended up on a dirt road.... Interesting! A world heritage site...wonder what this is all about then?



Apparently, 2020 million years ago (even Fi wasn't born then!) an asteroid, that was 10km (6 miles) in diameter, hit the earth at a speed of 30 000km/h (18641 mph). It left a scar of the surface of the earth 300km (186miles) wide! That scar is called the Vredefort Dome because it is dome shaped. It is currently described as the oldest and largest impact structure in the world. It can be seen quite clearly from space and if you look for it in Google Earth you can see it quite nicely too.



We stopped here. We may still have been in the Free State or the North West Province or maybe on the border between the two!



We weren't here for an archaeological excursion...though we did have a look at a few fossils and interesting bits and pieces...









...we were here to FISH!



On the banks of the famous Vaal River.  In the 'old days' Gauteng Province was called The Transvaal which means 'across the Vaal'.



Hmm… we have every magic fishing potion you can think of!



After all that fishing it was time for a cup of tea!



...and a nap!



Maybe if we try down this end we might actually catch something!



Well, we never did catch anything except for an old shoe! I thought that only happened in the movies....

After a long day of lazing around in the sun and eating to much, we signed the guest book and headed back for the bright lights of Jo'burg.