4 Nights and 3 days in Pretoria is just not enough time to see all and spend time with everyone, but my gosh, was my liver relieved when we said good bye this morning. Too much wine, too much wonderful food and just not enough sleep, but as always we live to tell the tale.
On Saturday friends came over to Carl’s house and we had wonderful food, wonderful friendship shared and a great time. Of course all the planned shopping had to be fitted in during the morning and the rest of the day was for “kuiering”. When you visit with Carl few things are negotiable, but going to church with him at 7.30 on a Sunday morning is definitely not. So off we were at 7.20 and as always it was lovely to spend the time in our church where we used to worship when we lived in Pretoria and then off for breakfast before we left at about 11.
Well soon we were back in travelling mode and we went through places that I have never been to. Derby and Koster and Swartruggens and Zeerust and finally our overnight stop on a Game Reserve in the North West province, called Botsalano. It is sort of between Zeerust and Mafikeng. It does not appear to be a frequently visited place. Maybe the North-Westerners just don’t do the camping thing.
There is nobody here to share the night with us. When we arrived Dick lit the “donkey” for making the hot water for a shower sometime later. Now the fire is burning for the braai, millions of stars are out, the jackals are calling and the have already been visited by an owl. Maybe it is not the same luxury as in Pretoria, but this is the real bush life and we love it. There is a chill in the night air, but we are now the proud owners of a new warm fleecy blanket, so roll on winter nights, we are ready!!
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