Reflections on our latest tourgroup

Now that we are back home and the tour is moving from"to do" to "completed" and the house and the things to do take preference again, little things about the people on the tour start popping up in the mind.
There was master firemaker, as in Pyromaniac, Ed. That is now a man who could seriously make fire. Night after night the fire would be burning, with or without the need for braaiing. We were sure that we would have wood left over at the end of the trip,  but no fear when Ed was near! The last day our Battle field guide had to stop at a wood selling shop for more wood for that night's fire,despite the fact that it was only Dick and I that braaied. His wife felt the cold very easily, so I wonder if that is the reason for him being such a keen fire maker.He also drove a Terracan, like us and their anniversary was on the same date as ours. They had a son called Richard and a daughter-in-law who shared a birthday with me. Uncanny, I say.
David and Irene who so keenly embraced the well priced wines on offer in the Winelands and then ending  up giving most of it away as David was so sick with Gastro for much of the trip .
The other two couples loved the country and the beauty of it and embraced the diversity. They ate venison and wors and ostrich and kudu. They tried out all the strange foods, drank Rooibos tea and walked when they could and took many pics.
Everybody brought something to the group in their own and unique manner. John fixed and planned and it was not difficult to spot the engineer and most useful to have him around. Luckily we got a can of oil, that sort of Q20 type of oil, on day one from the technician that came to fix something. Well John put that oil to good use. His philosophy:"If it moves, oil it" and so it was, clutch pedals, the vents on the roof of the vans, locks, keys, anything.
Sure many a thing will come to mind over the next few weeks. We loved the group. They were fun and gelled so well, mainly as a result of them all doing a similar trip through New Zealand the year before. I think this trip was very different and somewhat of an adjustment for them. Difficult to compare New Zealand and South Africa. Purely from a size point of view it is so different, not to mention the people and the climate and the vegetation. Then again that is why we travel, to experience different countries,different  people,different food and to meet different people.
Hope they all enjoyed it as much as we did.