We've been in Pretoria, South Africa for the last 3 days. There's been plenty of "we're married and in Africa!" comments, and a mild case of culture shock. Things have been pretty relaxing - mainly due to the fact that the walking Safari from TransFroniers does not start until Monday morning, so we have essentially been killing time and recovering from jetlag so far. We are staying at a hostel with loads of british gap year students who party until six in the moring and make us feel like the old married couple we are. We've got the matrimonial suite though, in one of the nicest hostels I've been in, which includes a pool, and a massive compound surronded with razor wire and gates, on a shady tree lined street.
We've also mixed into the poolside relaxing a trip to Soweto, a township that sparked some of the first conflicts that eventually brought down apartheid. We toured the tin shanty towns, and ate lunch outside of Nelson Mandela's house.
Now we're off to the Safari, visit Gideon in Swaziland, and in a rented car travel down the coast. Probably to Coffee Bay in the wild coast, thats the only plan. End up in Cape town by the 28th or so. Surfing will hopefully be the main activity.
Posted by choppen5 at May 09, 2004 05:20 AM