The aliens on a road trip

[Alf]

Awesome scenery especially in that evening light

Alf

It's even better while having a braai and a

[Alf]

Beautiful setting! If that's your (out)-laws house, lucky you. I would just sit, and chill, and stare, and "sigh....".

Maybe if you take mommy-dearest there it will render her speechless.

@ Mom Thank you for giving us Alf.

They are renting this house. Busy building a house a block away from this one.

Mommy will be so excited so will talk even more

[Alf]

The Sunday we decided to visit town

We started at the brewery for breakfast



After breakfast we explored a few more pubs

At this restaurant the little aliens saw this old tractor





Entertaining stuff, but it kept them busy

All the shops and restaurants are build around this square where in the middle stands this monument erected by Paul Kruger in memory of 5 "boere" that were murdered by the British soldiers on a farm nearby called Ararat. This monument were first build on the farm itself and then later moved to the place where it stands today







For those interested in the history you can google "die slag van naauwpoort"

[Lisbeth]

I like history a lot, but has always hated war, even if that is what history is mostly about

Actually they were killed not murdered......there was a war going on!

Starting the day with a beer I hope it was a kind of late breakfast

[Richprins]

Very interesting, Alpheus!

All sorts of things go on in Clarens, I've heard! Didn't Harry also go drinking near there recently?

Nice and relaxing there around 10am...!

[Flutterby]

Never too early for a beer.

Nice pics of the little ones.

[Alf]

The Sunday turned out to be a long day and we eventually left the last pub after 10pm.

The Monday we drove to Bethlehem to fetch the medicine for the kids. On our way back my mother in law showed us part of the Lesotho highlands water project.

This is the Ash river outfall just outside of Clarens. This pipeline is 19km long underground from Lesotho





Notice in the background the diameter of the concrete ring used for this pipeline





Amazing engineering indeed.

This is the end of our short trip to Clarens. Thank you all for flying with us.

[Lisbeth]

There must be lots of pubs in Clarens

Is it water coming down from the mountains? Energy purpose or water supply?

Thank you for introducing us to Clarens

[Alf]

There must be lots of pubs in Clarens

Is it water coming down from the mountains? Energy purpose or water supply?

Thank you for introducing us to Clarens

It supplies us with water and supply Lesotho with power

[Lisbeth]