Vineyards along the way
Beautiful landscapes along the way
Being pulled by electric at this point
One of the many township areas
Our Cabin with full bath and shower
The Rovos Rail has been a welcomed change of pace after our three intense days of sightseeing in Cape Town. The Rovos Rail is a private company started in the 1988. It currently operates up to 4 trains with 50 cars each and up to 72 passengers.
We started the trip at a private station in Cape Town with a reception which included live music, very nice. Our room is marvelous with plenty of space and full facilities including a bath tub and shower. All the cars are restored cars from the early 1900’s. When we approach our destination of Pretoria we will switch engines and be pulled in the last 20 kilometers by live steam.
The food has been wonderful and plentiful. I was a little concerned about the motion, but Linda and I have done well and the journey overnight was relaxing, the motion and sounds of the train kind of rock you to sleep. The train did layover from 3:00am to 6:00am but if you weren’t asleep by then you weren’t going to sleep. We have met some wonderful couples traveling, only one other couple from the USA.
The landscape is very similar to our Western States, beautiful mountains and long stretching plains where cattle and sheep are free ranged. Latter today we stop in Kimberly to see the diamond mines.
Unfortunately we have seen some more township areas; this photo was shortly after leaving Cape Town. Now that we are out of the metropolitan area we see fewer shacks and no large township areas.
Our time is passed by watching the landscape, reading, adjusting photos and conversing with the other passengers.
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