Peter's First SA trip
2 Weeks holiday 17 October - 2 November 2008
Reason for our trip
As Peter had already met my mother and sister in the UK, it was now time to introduce him to dad and Jason. With the 2 weddings already in the diary (Lut & Kate on 18th Oct and Peter & Jacqui on the 24 November), we decided to combine the meeting with this trip.
When Peter proposed in September, it made sense to add some wedding planning into the trip as well. This together with seeing friends and family made the trip extremely busy.
Our itinerary had increased to:
1) Lut and Kate's wedding in JHB
2) Week in the Drakensberg to book our wedding venue
3) Peter & Jacqui's wedding down the south coast
4) Curry Cup finals in Durban with family
5) Safari trip to Madikwe (border of Botswana)
6) A visit to Dulstroom to see the nieces
Needless to say our trip was jam packed with fun and exciting things however, we all in all we had driven 3153km by the time we handed the hired car back. Both of us not wanting to see the inside of a car again.
Highlights from the trip include among others:
1) Spending quality time with Catherine & Caitlin (nieces)
2) Safari trip - we saw 3 of the Big 5
3) Curry Cup final (including night at Zimbali)
4) Playing Golf with Jason & Bianca
5) Booking our wedding venue
6) Quad bike trip to cheese factory in Dulstroom
7) Meeting up with friends and family again
8) The 2 weddings were great fun