Preview of Off_road_clara's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Mkambati Nature Reserve, South Africa Entry Title: "The Knight in Shining Armour" Entry: "Day two, and I'm already nervous after the struggle that was day one, let alone the nerves already building for day three that people are saying will be one of the biggest challenges of the whole trip! First thing is first - try and dry out the wet stuff, the wet tent, the wet clothes - to no avail obviously - but try anyway. Eat muesli (whoops - hope noone notices I threw mine away) Put on boots and get ready to walk. Actually - the conversation (in Afrikaans) had mentioned not to bother with the boots as we were going to be swimming across a river within a few hundred metres of the descent to the beach - so that was useful! And this is when I wish I was a little bit taller. The 'scouts' made it across with only the bottom of their backpacks getting dunked - but as they are all about a foot taller than me I wondered if the whole of the week would be spent dripping wet! Then a local chap arrived with a canoe, and for R5 offered to take us and our bags to the other side. I didn't want to look such a wimp as to not get wet, but when some of the others also agreed to it, I put in my request too, and enjoyed the 20 second drift to the other side. I was most worried about my feet, that had become ...
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