WooHoo - I've uploaded my first Friday night shot - another to follow.

I know the stories of the Mampoer are gonna come out now!!!

Good on ya.
I heard back from Piet, and am looking forward to the photos.
It is said you  all had a bit of trouble keeping up with him on the mountans.

HAA HAA HAA HAA - okay I won't burst the Oom's bubble - so we'll say it's true :-]

We all had so much fun! I'm waiting to hear what our comp topics are so that I can hunt for the right photo.

I wound up taking 587 pics - most ever!

First, before I say anything else - everything that Oom Piet has to say guys - IT'S NOT TRUE!!!  giggle  No honestly, we had a really lovely weekend and before I say anything else, I just need to do this...

THANX GUYS!!!  You were a great group!!  Oom Piet, please tell Tannie Petro she's absolutely lovely!!!  We had a great time with you two!!  Herman (aka Harry, aka Harry Potter), you're the best man!!  Oh oh!  Remind me to show RR how you make use of a tripod!!  Sheesh!!  Shame, I had to help the guy out but this story is for a later stage in the thread.

Vera, you and Shaz were great!  Though I have to say guys - Vera is a REAL blabbermouth!  Even Andreas can come take lessons from her!!  Andrew, herself and Shaz were sitting in the lounge on Friday afternoon chatting and I was going outside, looking for my kid and when I came back, a long while after that, she was still blabbering.  Sheesh!  Real blabbermouth that one!

As for Andrew (aka Andries), thanx for flying down all the way from Cape Town Andrew!  You contributed to a stunning weekend!  Needless to say, he was the iron man for the weekend!  He's not scared of a bit of mampoer I have to say (and yeah, here comes the story of the mampoer again) giggle  But wait, let's give the rest of the group something to say as well cause I'm starting to sound like PeeWee (aka PW) :tongue1:

Oh, and here's where we stayed

You guys were so lucky where you stayed! I was a freeking self catering hotel!!! Really awesome - althou I'm not gonna complain about our digs.

I think on Friday night thou you were the blabbermouth! And Saturday was Andrew's turn.

I must give big props to Andy for being the one to travel the fatherest and actually making the effort! This was KZN's turn and next time - I'll more than lightly be the one travelling really far so it all works out.

Thanks guys for speaking english for me - I could understand the afikaans most of the time - but got a bit lost at times. I really appreciate it. All in all, everyone got on well!!!

Vera, can you mail me your postal address please?  I need to send it through to Lilian.

Excellent Zeldie and Peewee,  I imagine the enjoy to be Piet to see you in south of Africa !!! And yes, I'm sure you have a lot shots about this magic country..

I remind me my existency in Congo (kinshasa)....

Excellent my friends!!!

muahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anyway - this is Harry flame cooking my porkie/banger/sausage.

That's why I said Andrew is crowned "Iron Man of the weekend" don't you guys agree?  giggle

Oh!!  Hey!  I need to make one thing VERY clear from the beginning - and I've said this before.  The weekend was NOT my idea!  I just took the liberty to start the thread for the weekend, to see if there was any interest.  So we arranged the weekend - all of us together.

The idea originally came from Oom Piet.  So if you need to thank anyone for the weekend - thank Oom Piet.  He was the instigator on this matter - not me

This is just too cool! this tread is just giggles from You guys ( girls) LOL!  Sound like lotca fun and ammm...Mampoer! LOL ( what is it anyway?) Beer , port, wisky? feel me in I am only drink milk( hey no laughing  ) and water (yack) I like a bbq describe . Mine contain: eggs, toast, mushroom, chicken pieces, tomato, onion and some lean weal. 

Oh nearly forget...First shot is lovely with this reflection ( is that back of a resort?), second...Hello guys, nice to meet You .

Crossed LOL, what did You do with a snake?

seeyus  Tunde

Okay thank you Oom!!!

It's not about what we did with the snake, it's about what the snake did with us!  And can I just tell you shivers Vera touched it!!!!  Silly woman!  She and Andrew thought it was the coolest of the whole weekend!  And they snapped away.  I - neatly - sat at the table and just checked out the scene.  No playing with snakes for me thank you very much.

And no, there was no killing.  We left it alone to slither away in peace shivers again

ahahahah... excellent picture!!!

Wowwwwwww the snap!!!

Excellent my friends

Ammm...can I have a right hand side gear...please!  LOL  whata  cannon! I never thougth You guys will kill a snake, might toss it away with a stick or something. Vera touched that ! Good on her, that is a spirit! Sure she is got a great memory of that ! More story pls! LOL!

Cool, I am not going to sleep tonight that is for sure! ( not untill You SA ppl do) LOL

seeyus back soon to read more!

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shaz and I were sitting on a big rock over looking the valley waiting - coz they were all taking flower pics. And that's what I saw thru my 300mm!!!

Sheesh!!  And what a mission to help the Oom!!  He's mos heavy mos and the Tannie looked so helpless and Andrew thought it was the joke of the year!  So poor little me came to the rescue wink wink

@ Harry, Oom and Andrew!!! Where are you?!

Attached Link: Upload before the weekend

@ Doug: Thanks for setting the record straight. It was so disappointing: we started a hike on the one mountain and everybody else was tired - something I couldn't figure: there were 3 other summits left, but I had to stop running up and down for no apparent good reason. It was scary hanging off that cliff though, I almost let the mampoer go.

A special thanks to all the RR buddies who went along, you were great and people to be proud of. Now we must just get the "renegades" to join up when next we do it. Thanks to all the "foreigners" who took special interest in us in SA, it was heart warming.

I will sort my pics tonight and see what I can come up with for this forum - promise.

Special thanks to the organisers as I stated in a previous upload. Nobody even spotted me cheating by posting a photo of the Tshipize mountains and not the Drakensberg. :blushing:
(See link above)

Looks like everyone had a great time!!!! Fun stuff!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Vera (after taking some mampoer from her gourd) talked to the black mamba snake and the poor thing was fumigated and petrified, she could touch its tail (is it a tale?) :rolleyes:

Then there was Harry showing us new tripod techniques after having a sip...

Now I wish I had done the travel to be there. Looks like a riot. At first glance I thought  the use of this tripod was the after effects of  that mampoer.I see now the idea for it.

Ok boys and girls, since it seems as if half of RR is following this thread (at least), here's the thread to next year's weekend.  Visit it please and let us know what you have in mind, want to photograph and do during the weekend so that we can start arranging accommodation.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=2793893&ebot_calc_page#message_2793893

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Vera (after taking some mampoer from her gourd) talked to the black mamba snake and the poor thing was fumigated and petrified, she could touch its tail (is it a tale?) :rolleyes:

Apparently it was a Water snake.  Black mambas have a grey body and the name "black" comes from the colour of the roof of their mouth.

Well that makes sense coz he came from the dam...

I honestly heard the black mambas are actually green adn the name comes from the tongue - I think I need to go to the snake park to clear this up!!!

Geez look at me and my mom always said tables were for eating on!!!

The shot with my new tripod technique.

Ag Harry Potter, you clever child!!  giggle  We thought it very funny when Harry battled a bit with the tripod.

Zeldie and **Spooky-Wan alredy playing at sun rise **

Ja!!!  Seblief!!!

"It is so sweet":lol:

LOLOLOLOL  giggle  The Oom is a flower child!!!   HAHAHAHA  It kind of suit him, don't you think?  giggle

Ag man!!!

That's so cute! We knew Oom had a sensitive side!

And I love how you used the tripod - the pic tured out really well!
And that sunrise shot of Zel and Andy is wicked clever!

@ Oom - do you have a defence?

Hmmm.... well, hehe

I wish Michel (GiMi53) could be here to see the crosses on display.

amor patriae... andron epiphanon pasa ge taphos...

Your trip looks such wonderful fun.. For all friends.. I wish I had been with you. So glad Oom Piet, you visited the memorial sites. It is good to remember. I also know how important it was for you to do this.. To stand, to speak so quietly. To leave this traquil place with peace. Peace for the fallen and for you. I ask you, please send this link to Gimi53, our Michel. He would want to contribute. I bid you all good night and God Bless. Diane. And for sure it is a flower behind Oom's ear ;-) Yellow suits you so!!!!

I'm so glad that you guys went to the memorial sites Oom. I would've loved to have gone but I really wanted to do more hiking - which is what I did. Would love to see more shots of the memorials!

LMAO!!!  Siss on you Oom Piet!!!  LOL  My team won on Saturday man!!!  And against whom nogal?  The Cheetahs!!!  Shows you the Cheetahs SO don't deserve that Curry Cup that's supposed to be standing in Blue Bull land right now!  As for the video clip shakes head  I have blue blood in my veins ok?!?  giggle

I simply love that capture of me!  Ag Oom Piet, won't you be a dear and send it my way please please pretty please with sugar on top?