Blyde river canyon May 2009

Nicola and I drove out to the Mpumalanga escarpment for the long weekend. We hiked around the Blyde river canyon a bit, visited Bourke's Luck and a number of the waterfalls in the area and also found the Taita falcon in its eyrie above the JG Strydom tunnel. At the Aventure resort at Blyde river we stayed over a night and walked out into the veld under the starry sky. Sitting on a bench with just the fresh night air and calling nightjars for company, I slipped the token ring I bought into Nicola's ring finger and asked her to marry me. She said yes!