Cederberg Mountains

Our first night was spent camping in the Cederberg Mountain region. Although the beginning of August is the end of winter in South Africa, Nomad tours assured us that temperatures remained between a pleasant 50 and 70 F. It turns out that they are filthy liars. Despite the fact that I went to sleep wearing every item of clothing I brought with me, it was only when my body started involuntarily convulsing in a survival effort to keep warm at about 3 am that I was finally able to drift off into a frigid, palsy-like sleep.