This was our destination today. The historical Bain's Kloof mountain pass.
The pass was built by 2000 slaves and prisoners and it is a historical marvel. But I want you to see most of what we saw and thus I will do the posts in 2 or 3 parts. It was a long road and the dangerous part was in the mountains.
For now, let me show you the first part.
It was early and there in the mist you can see the town of Wellington.
The pass winds across those mountains that you see here.
No idea what this was as nomally the hay is rolled into big balls, but these looked like pyramids.
Here you can see the farm land and it was a surprising sight. Maybe it was the after harvest that they collected like this to clean the land.
Such a weird and amazing sight methinks.
This statue was placed at the front of a big white church that towered over the town of Wellington.
And here you can see the church in all of its glory with the statue at the front.
Did I tell you that it is a historical church and I will do a seperate post on the town, as there are many historical buildings in the town. The architects will love the Cape styles.
Little Springboks feeding as we left the town on our way to the mountain pass.
At last we were getting nearer and look at this cosy setting next to the mountain. Might be a lodge or something else.
What a sight here, as we were now going higher and higher to the entrance of the pass.
Bang, we have arrived and from here the fun started.
Two things that we had to overcome. One being that the pass was closed to travelers. And two was that there were dangerous road works in progress along the length of the 25 kilometer pass.
Five security stops and booms across the single lane road were placed every 5 kilometers and they were all in contact on a radio network.
So how did we get permission to cross the pass?
I will show you tomorrow!
And That's All Friends!
Note: All photos are my own and taken with a Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
We hope that you have enjoyed the story and the photos.
