It was 5:30 am and I rushed to place by baggage into our transport vehicle. 5 of us packed into a midsize suv , and begain our six hour journey from Preoria to our final destination, Thorny Bush Game Reserve. Within minutes we found ourselves driving out of the city and into the wild countryside of South Africa.
Stopping at a rest stop we found ourselves surrounded by a mixture of rural South Africans, urbanites, and foreign tourists. I smoked a cigarette and watched a herd of water buffalo grazing not more than 500 feet away. We hopped back into our vehicle and moved faster down the road to our destination.
As we raced further into the countryside, flat land gave way to winding roads, hillsides, and eventually we screamed through mountainous lush greenery complete with epic waterfalls, dangerous cliffs, and we bounced through roads that had potholes the size of small craters.
Eventually, we made the left turn into Thorny Bush game reserve. Within minutes we were surrounded by nature. Here is what I saw:
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