Just got back in from a killer couple of days camping with my friends Trent, Amber, and Zach on the Vaal River. It's great to get away from the city and into the “wild” of Africa. Of course most of the time it feels like you are camping back home until you look into the trees and realize they are full of monkeys. Then you know you're not in South Carolina anymore.
It's winter here so the nights are very cold. It was just above freezing which is something that I never associated with Africa before I arrived here, but it gets quite cold around where we live. Anyway, the days are perfect with temperatures in the 70's. We took the fly tackle and gear this time and had a blast wading into the Vaal River and trying our best to catch some Yellow Fish. We didn't have any luck, but had a great time trying to stay up in the rapids and not sinking above our heads in the river.
Thanks to Trent and Amber we had amazing meals. I usually go camping with hamburgers and hotdogs, but not these guys. We had lamb shoulder, boerwurst, chicken kabobs, pork rashers, and much more. It was great!
Before we left we spent time baiting the monkeys with fruit so they would come in closer for some photo opportunities. They cooperated, we took pictures, and no one got mauled by monkeys.
