Kafubu River Lodge

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 Kayla and Scotty invited us to go to Kafubu River Lodge for the weekend.  It was so nice to get away from the city and smoke!  It was beautiful!

We left early Friday morning to drive 102 kilometers (64 miles) and it took us 3 hours to get there!  The traffic wasn't bad but the roads are awful!  Plus, Cory had just filled up his truck and there must have been water in the fuel because we had to stop every 30 minutes to pump the water out of the fuel filter.  

 

            

On the drive out, we would pass these massive mounds with trees and plants growing out of them.  They are termite mounds and they are everywhere!

We also passed this beautiful church that was pretty central to all of the villages.

When we got there, the villas weren't quite ready so we walked around and explored a little bit. Simi wanted to hang out with Cory but wanted to keep Sisca within arms reach! We eventually sat on the porch of the lodge and relaxed until our room was ready.


Kayla brough Rocky, her 3 legged rescue dog and I am in love with him.  He is such a good dog!


There were peacocks on site, just walking around. At one point, I took a picture of the evening sky and caught one flying!

 

While Trent was down river fishing, his line got snagged in the bottom of the river.  He dove down to get it unsnagged and the hook on his lure ended up going through his finger! When he got back he yelled, "Cory, I need your Leatherman!" Cory performed a minor procedure and got the hook out and then Kraai did the first-aid part!

 


Every night we had a braii and sat around the bonfire.  The fire was huge! As always, the meat was delicious, South African's know how to do meat!

 

The rest are random pictures I took throughout the trip. The guys went out on the boat a lot, we spent a lot of time relaxing, visiting and playing games on the porch.  































 

Like I said, the drive out there and back was along a very long, dusty, bumpy, dirt road.  It passed through many villages.  I was humbled by how they live out there.  The kids seemed so happy.  They would run up to the truck and wave their hands begging for sweets.  We didn't have any, but we had packages of crackers so that's what we gave them. I tried to be discreet when taking pictures of their homes so as not to be disrespectful. The homes were made of grass, stick, mud, bags from their maize, and I'm sure they had dirt floors.  So humbling. 
























































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  1. LeslieJune 6, 2024 at 5:37 PM

    Jess, We love your blog. Keep up the good work. Stay safe

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