*Continuing with our June South African escapades*
Justin and I left the Pilansberg and took a trip to the Cradle of Human Kind - Maropeng and the Sterkfontein Caves, about an hour outside of Johannesburg. This is the same area (it is a VERY large area) where the most recent Australopithecus fossils, one of which is Sediba, were found.
Maropeng is overrated! I went there expecting it to be amazing based on feedback from people who have been there. Before we went onto the real caves, its good to practice caving before, so Justin being adventurous tried out the 'practice cave' at Maropeng.
As we enter the Sterkfontein Caves (after queuing for about an hour) it warms up to a toasty 16'C, the cave stays at this temperature all year round, its been a central point in South African history with various tribes moving into the caves at different points in history and reminded me of the short stories written by Herman Charles Bosman (they're worth reading).
After the Sterkfontein Caves we headed back to Joburg to fetch our tickets for the soccer game we'd be attending the next day...
Justin's version of events
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