After Weeling Comes Frankfurt and Food!
Weeling is a township on the edge of nowhere. I don't think I'll forget it in a hurry. It's situated on a flat plain no shelter from the wind or the sun. And it certainly hasn't be sheltered from the hard economics of the world recession. It is as far as the sophisticated world of high finance and power are concerned a million miles away from the prosperous white South Africa of Clarence. The town we left in a hurry last might in search if food and...
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We continue to clock up the miles I think we've covered over 1000 mikes since we left Cape Town on Tuesday morning. We now begin the descent down the very rocky road from our little mountain retreat.
The Morija Guest House is an interesting place to visit.I talk with Bernard a world renowned French Palentologist who tells me he discovered the remains of an eight metre long Dinasaur in this vicinity last year.
He has returned this summer to oversea the packing...
Blue sky horizon
An African afternoon
Woman and men work
On the road
In the hot sun
Personalities hidden
Beneath orange boiler suits
Faces melt
covered in black woollen hats
We view from afar
Our eyes never meet
We too are hidden
White faces
Peering from a white refrigerated car
The sun deflects our stare
The sign says stop
The workers spread the tar
Road building takes time
And this is Africa
How we wish
To go further on...
It was Wednesday morning I was up early just after 7.00am. We could hear the sound of children's voices as they made their way to school. We continue on the next leg of our journey. The thing is we just got news that the person we wanted to see in Lesotho is not going to be available to see us. I don't know the whole story but as Willie says, "A wee enforced rest will do us no harm". Most of the day we spend in the car covering over 300 miles.
We take a break for an...
Today we strike out on our own to explore South Africa. We've hired a car and we're heading out on the Garden Route we hope to reach Jo'burgh by Saturday . It looks like a 1000 mile trip. It will be interesting to reflect on the experiences we encounter.
Willie and Duncan move out of our flat early to pick up the car. It turns out to be a brand new Honda it looks like a Civic to me. Its really comfortable to travel in. This is an add on few days to chill out after the...