There's very little that can compare to a weekend holiday in various parts of South Africa.

I think if this one works out well, I will have to speak to the game park near Kruger where my niece works and organise a weekend away to there photographing all the animals in their natural habitat.

That's a great idea Sue!  Good morning btw.  I think we will need a week in the Kruger though, not only a weekend.

Sorry lost my manners there for a minute....

Good morning Zeldie and all on the board.

Hey! Happy 4th of July to all our American friends!

Good morning to all!

Is it my imagination? Do we have intruders? When it's not that Swede, it's this lady (also half Swede!) burying her tractor under the snow! Strange, the moment I mentioned the mampoer, everybody wants to have a share in the fun.

Somebody please help me: Is the camera compulsory now? :unsure:

Thank you Sue: Happy 4th July to the Americans friends - may God bless America!

LOL  The cam is compulsory Uncle Piet!  You can even leave the toothbrush and clean jocky at home :woot: , but the cam must be there!

Goooood mooorniiiiiiiing aaaaallllll! [Ahem, cough, cough, splutter]

Hmm, oom Piet, it seems that the camera is compulsory but you may get away with some extra space to hide more mampoer if you leave the batteries, memory cards and chargers at home! ;o)

So people, how are you all doing today?

PS. Happy 4th of July to all our American members!

Wayne you're a genius, never thought about that, and if Sue does not hurry with her 'things to bring' list you and I make up our own, ok?  Do you eat 'afval'? :sneaky:

I still doubt the camera being compulsory, but ok, I trust you, you are a great photographer

No Oom Piet!  Not Sue's fault but mine.  I said I'll go check out my list at home last night and I totally forgot!  So all my fault, sorry!  I'll remember tonight and let you have the list tomorrow, deal?

And I don't eat afval!!!  Sies!!!

LOL! Sounds good to me. Something along the lines of -

biltong, coke, mampoer, southern comfort, biltong, umm ... biltong, oh yes, more mampoer and southern comfort. What else is there really?!? :biggrin:

Yep, nothing wrong with afval! I'm of Scottish descent waay back somewhere so we can always take along some haggis for the folks to try! :lol:

For those interested, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis

Wayne

And I was hungry until now...  shudders

Just to confirm, the following:-

The following people and their families are joining us for the weekend:

"Oom" Piet (busi2ness); Wayne (urbanarmitage); Tienie (loftie); Myself (Zeldie); Herman (Hermanv); Sue (SuziQ); PeeWee (Vera); Andrew (Spooky-Wan maybe) and Zigi (zigi *maybe).

Did I leave anyone out?

I'd like to ask that all payment confirmations be faxed through to Dragon's Peak and be brought under my attention so that we can keep up to date with everything.

The "list" will be available tomorrow.  I must just get my head together and remember tonight to check that we have everything on the list that we may need.

Sue, if you or Vera has anything to add, please feel free to do so!

Oom Piet, that makes 18 heads.

Oom Piet - 2

Wayne - 2

Tienie - 1

Myself - 2 1/2 ;0)  My little one doesn't count for 1;

Hermanv - 1

Sue - 3

Vera - 2

Andrew - 1 (?2)

zigi - 2

Andrew doesn't know for sure yet whether he'll be joining us and zigi is out of the country for business right now.  He'll be back on the 17th of July, then I'll notify him of our plans and he can make up his mind whether he wants to join us.

Wayne, my Scottish friend, if I may add: "Whits fur ye'll no gin by ye!"

About the weekend: Is the idea that we upload photos as the weekend progress to keep the jealous world out there posted?

What about a good prize like a bottle mampoer for the best scenic shot? Am I getting too anxious now? I must admit I can't wait... :rolleyes:

Do we know how many people have given up their names for serious booking at the resort? (sorry Zel, I see you have posted above!)

LoL. I can post what I have but I'd rather have it checked. (I left biltong off the list anyway...:o(  )

I'm also of scottish decent - My mom was born there.... I've eaten brains, heart, liver and tripe but not lungs.... And I'm from Rhods so we can add Mopane worms to that too....
Anyone for some fried flying ants????

Did anyone watch that Celebrity  Fear Factor last night? Yuch....

Sue, that's EXACTLY why I don't watch Fear Factor - because of that yakkas they make the people eat.  Gross man!

Hereby I would like to thank the team having done all the hard work so far: myself, Wayne, Tienie - sorry if I left out any names here.

And then last but not least people like Vera, Sue and Zeldie :sneaky: Just kidding! Hugs to all 3 of the latter, you did a marvelous job! Things seem to fall into place now...

Fear Factor? Sounds like a preview to the planned  weekend? :blink:

LOL  Oom Piet, ja!  Once again I reserve the right to comment at a later stage on the Fear Factor thing giggle

Thanx for the thanx and the hug!  :0))  It's sommer a pleasure!  Sue, I'm working on that list but I'm having another braindead day at the office, so you'll have to give me the opportunity to go check out that list of mine tonight.  I don't want to leave something out cause man, trust me, if we leave something out and Wayne or Oom Piet has forgotten something important because of the two of us, we're not going to hear the end of it!  grin

Not a problem, I seem to be delayed in my answering on the forum. Everytime I finish typing an answer to the last post that appears on my screen, about four other posts appear in between....

Talk about speedy South Africans........ :laugh:

Oh please please take lots of pics to post here and show us all what a great time you had!!! Very cool idea and I hope it all works out.

Good morning everyone - Ja, I know it's almost afternoon!  Sue,  I sent you the list.  If I think of anything else, I'll give you a shout.

List received thank you.

Anyone interested can download the Excel list at the following url
http://www.sewood.co.za/dplist.xls

If you can't get that one l have loaded it here as an attached file.
Items can be added at your peril.. ( )

Hugs all!

Hey Sue, not stepping on any toes, go check this out though!  g  Now this is actually a list if you're planning a loooonnngggg camping trip.  I think it's excellently done though and if you use this one, you will FOR SURE not forget anything at home!

http://www.weg.co.za/wegsleep/paklys.asp

Oom Piet, you ONLY have to remember the Mampoer.  We'll remember the rest for you ;0)

Oh boy, am I relieved Stacy did not comment on all those silly comments posted by "some" people in here! :blushing:

Add me to the list of paid up weekenders, thank you!

Thanks for the list of things to bring, real handy:  mampoer, biltong and chocolate ( at Sue & Zel), BUT I noticed way too many superfluous items on there: clothing, food, and believe it or not, the CAMERA crops up again as a necessity! I wish somebody would now make up his mind...

That is a GREAT list. Nice find Zeldie!

Hey, there's still three months to make some peatreek guys.... Time to make and allow it to mature!

googles Peatreek  Ohhhh!  That!!  g  Oom Piet, hoe lykit?  You gonna be responsible for this too seeing as you only have the mampoer to remember? g

Peatreek: Sorry, you had me puzzled on this one. You stretched my English vocabulary and I consulted a dictionary:
Peat: a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions
reek: to smell strongly and unpleasantly.
Does this have ANYTHING to do with me after drinking the mampoer? :ohmy:

moers off chair laughing  Ai jai jai!!!  Oom Piet, google it!

Sue, you're going to have to bear with us "Boertjies".  We're good, but we're not perfect hey!  ;0)

ROFL! I'm VERY glad to see that us Safricans are keeping up the 'spirit' here in this forum! :biggrin:

I'm here a tad late myself today! Been one of 'those' days! :cursing:

Oom Piet, I wish these guys would decide about the cameras now! That's at LEAST a half-jack of mampoer we're talking about! :biggrin:

Wayne

glares at Wayne  You starting with me and Sue?!?  Huh?  Huh?  Sue, hand me that paintball gun, I'm declaring war!

Yikes! Ok, ok, ok. A half-jack of Southern Comfort! :biggrin:

Wayne

Ahhh!  Just look at that smile - as innocent as you can get huh?  :tt2:

Only a half-jack Wayne?!?  Sheesh!  You sure you guys can handle a couple of drinks?  Just checking!!

thats why I have a BIG camera bag ... lots of pockets ... hehe

Here we go Zeldie, a bit late but might keep them in order....

You guys will have to excuse me for a while, still Googling that "Peatreek"-thing :unsure: I should have attended miss Wiggins' English classes...

Is that a "gun" I see Sue??? :ohmy:

This one is a very high compression one I found in the back of my garage.... Will leave a nice reminder.

They will need the extra mampoer to survive the night.....

Peatreek - Moonshine from Scotland Sir Piet.....  booze distilled over a smelly fire of Peat in Scotland....

Sue licks her lips in anticipation.......

@Sue & Zel: It seems you have decided the "great divide" will be between male and female? It's ok by me!
Call up for Tienie, Wayne, others?, come on guys, I was thinking along the lines of taking the ladies for a mud bath, Jodie suggested adding honey to the mix (if not mistaken) which would have resulted in "mild" battle fun, but the ladies are playing dirty now adding guns... Any other dirty suggestion? :rolleyes:

We may need that Peatreek too as antiseptic!

Hmm, sorry I disappeared guys! Some of my new toys arrived (computer server equipment) and I had to take delivery.

Oom Piet, what say we break out the secret weapons? I have a chest hidden at the bottom of my garden full of stuff like ice cubes, creepy-crawlies, false doggie-do, etc. I'm sure we can come up with SOMETHING to keep them at bay! :biggrin:

Wayne

Bring them on guys... We're a bunch of tuffies here! LoL.

Bye all, have a great evening.
Off to my second job now... (groan..)

LMAO!  You forgot we've got a secret weapon too - Vera!  Where are you when we need you girlfriend?!?  ;0) 

Wayne... tsk tsk tsk!  The toys you play with now, was toys I played with when I was still in my nappies!

The toys I play with now? I said hey were buried at the bottom of the garden! :biggrin:

Wayne

Ja ja ja!!!  Are we going to believe him girls?  :sneaky:

I don't think so! ;0)

Hang on here....!! I did not say HONEY. I distinctly remember it was Maple Syrup! LOL!! My point was that if I was to be invited (as the novelty swede) to this party that we'd have to party until the maple syrup flow filled the bucket. But, seeing as you have NO maple trees (just like I cannot find the north star in SA) the party would go on forever. However, I am sure if I was to sample this mampoer/southern comfort mixture that I would eventually suggest a hunt for said maple tree in the mud. Only thing that would stop me would be that arsenal displayed above! Thanks for the laughs! Jodie

Ooooh ooooh oooooh!!!! Jodie´s playing the Swede-card i see. Smart mooooove. Nobody can resist the charm of a swede......i suppose.....or hope rather. :blink:

You guys sure have been busy here. The next time i´m going abroad for a vacation, i´m hiring the lot of you to plan my trip....wherever destination it might be to.

@ Andreas: Thanks buddy, we will plan your trip anytime, as long as we may tag along!

Playing the Swede-card or the Sweet-card? Yes, exactly my opinion too, and that after she has made mischievous suggestions about honey/syrup and you-know-what and which stars we may or may not see! Now that she realizes that we will put up some resistance and we are ready to dip these pale skinned snow-bleached Minnesotans in the mud baths, she seems to back pedal, bla-bla-bla explanations, arrgh! :sneaky:

Will you two be coming as a team? :unsure:

LOL! Go get her....she´s fair game in my book. :b_funny:

LOLOL  You lot have been busy!!!  Jodie, you tell them Sugar!  ;0))  Oh, and by the way...  It's not ONLY SA Citizens that are invited to this weekend.  I said in the beginning of the thread, if you want to tag along, jump on the first plane and join us!  We'll be too happy to have you! 

WOW. This has got to be the longest active thread on Renderosity. I hope everything smoothly.

Thanx Radlaf!  I believe we're going to have one seriously stunning weekend!  We'll come back with LOADS of captures of the Drakensberg and show off to all the RR citizens, right guys? ;0)