Escaping the city

Last weekend (I am really behind on updates) I went to the Cederberg mountains. Its a cross between the surface of the moon and an English country garden and it's achingly beautiful.

Saturday we climbed one of the mountains to an impressive rock arch. It was a real adventure, crawling though rock crevasses a person wide, climbing under fallen boulders and chasing baboons. I went with a group from the elective house at the hospital.

Sunday I couldn't sleep (damm birds - i wasn't feeling nature) so I did a run. Clocked in 28km and spent the rest of the day absolutely exhausted.

The one best things about the weekend was a man called Gheret who ran the lodge we stayed at. He's lived in the mountains for 35 years and has perfected relaxing and thinking. Had some great long conversations with him about all things South African. On the morning before the hike he made these incredible hand drawn maps for us, just like treasure maps without treasure!