RANDOM RANDOM - YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN...

• You call a bathing suit a "swimming costume"
• You call a traffic light a "robot"
• The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are
• The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the program you just finished watching
• You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather
• You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you've never had any
• You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them
• You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Madela
• You go to "braais" (barbecues) regularly, where you eat boerewors (long meaty sausage-type thing) and swim, sometimes simultaneously
• You know that there's nothing to do in the Free State
• You produce a R100 note instead of your driver's licence when stopped by a traffic officer
• You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement
• You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car
• You can count the national soccer team's scores with no fingers
• To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750
• Hijacking cars is a profession
• You can pay your tuition fees by holding up a sign at a traffic light
• The petrol in your tank may be worth more than your car
• More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election
• People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given
• "Now now" can mean anything from a minute to a month
• You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction
• Travelling at 120 km/h you're the slowest vehicle on the highway
• You're genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your car parked where you left it
• A bullet train is being introduced, but we can't fix potholes
• The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday
• You paint your car's registration on the roof
• You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital
• You have to prove that you don't need a loan to get one
• Prisoners go on strike
• You don't stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car
• You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once
• Rwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high
• When 2 Afrikaans TV programmes are separated by a Xhosa announcement of the following Afrikaans program, and a Zulu ad
• You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from SA

Room with a view - Photos from the balcony

Slaapstad - Fear and Loathing Wilkinson street :

Steenbras Dam and Sir Lowry's pass

2006 – Sanbona, Outeniqua & Wilderness: May break - Updated

I usually take a break to go and visit the family in Wilderness. The Garden route is a paradise and anyone lucky enough to stay there will vouch it.I flew my sister down to assist as my road trip sidekick.

The N2 is the fastest route to get there from Cape Town but I decided to visit a friend close to Montague and stay over at Sanbona for a couple of days. I’m very fortunate to have a friend that’s one of the rangers at the wildlife reserve.

We had a great time - watching game, catching up on good old days, bonfires and Eland fillets sizzling on the fire. Sanbona is one of the few places in Africa where one can see wild white lions.

After the visit at Sanbona the journey continued through the Klein Karoo to the Outeniqua Pass and finally George / Wilderness.My aunt and uncle recently opened a great restaurant in Wilderness called Track 29.They renovated the Wilderness train station into a cozy restaurant serving the best breakfast and sumptuous 5 course dinners.

So if you ever find yourself in Wilderness, be sure to visit them @ Track29.

Photos from the trip :

Sanbona

Outeniqua Pass

Wilderness – Track 29

More images of Sanbona @ World Wide Experience