Addo Elephant National Park - Part One

Wednesday 3 February to Sunday 7 February

Lockdown Day 314 to 318

We stopped in Beaufort West to shop for food. And for whisky and wine since the ban on selling liquor had been lifted. We drove a road less travelled through the Karoo via Aberdeen and Kirkwood and some sad and windswept towns-left-behind like Klipplaat and Kleinpoort.

 

We checked in at Addo Elephant Park. We have been staying in Sanparks chalets or tented camps in various National Parks for over a month now. The accommodation is very comfy and clean and generally well appointed for short stays in a game reserve. We have only had an oven in one place so far so you have to cook everything on a 2 plate stove. In cabins that have electricity you generally get a microwave, kettle and toaster. A 2-sleeper room literally has only 2 of everything; crockery, cutlery and glassware. There's always only one sink so you have to rinse your dishes in a roasting pan or salad bowl. Due to Covid regulations (?) the places are not serviced. And we are cooking all our meals; no restaurants. Sometimes we just do a quick braai and salad or sometimes we cook up a storm. We made English Muffins from scratch ( requiring three separate risings ) and Hollandaise Sauce for Eggs Benedict with fried mushrooms and tomatoes. 

We had a real "lockdown" weekend, cooking, blogging and zooming. 

After many months, I did a few quick posts for my cooking blog - www.wecookanywhere.blogspot.com

  I spent a bit of time on my project to digitise all our old photos.

Here are a few from 1984 including a selfie long before selfies where a thing.