The Diplomate Pretoria

... on their way back from Durban, and caught them in time to suggest they stop where we were, which they did. So they had breakfast while we sipped coffee.

We drove back to Pat’s farm and picked up my bags. Pat arrived back just in time for us to say goodbye and for me to thank him for hosting me during my visit. It had been a fascinating window into modern farm-life in South Africa. And I have the privilege ...

... finally caught one nice sight - the sign, and just behind it, a clear example of what is forbidden. See the photo with the sign and the lady selling nuts & fruits :-) And here's my personal favourite - the traffic sign "Hi-jacking hotspot". Well, by definition you are not supposed to STOP close to that sign to take a photo, so I took that photo while driving :-) At daylight, it was actually more due to the traffic flow, not so much of ...

... there when you wake up. But I couldn't think of any at the moment so I cried a little. The anesthesiologist thought I was crying because I was scared so he tried to make me laugh. I couldn't tell him that I was crying because I was sad that Chris or my mother wasn't there. But soon I was being injected with drugs to make me sleep and drugs to make me dream and breathing pure oxygen that reminded me of being on top of Longs Peak in the Rocky Mtns. Then I ...

... started walking down the right side of the car to get in. Mike called out me that unless I wanted to drive I needed to go to the other side of the car. I wasn't ready for that so I quickly walked around to the left side and got in. We drove away from O.R. Tambo Airport toward Pretoria. The sun was setting and as I looked out beyond the highway the area reminded me a lot of northern New Mexico. There ...

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Celebrated my last night in Cape Town by going to a free jazz concert to start off International Jazz Weekend. Spent 4 hours directly in front of the stage being ...

... finish your term of imprisonment only to be arrested again and sent to Kimberley under house arrest. Robert Sobutwe finally returned to his home in a coffin in 1978 after dying from cancer. Our tour continued to the lime quarry where Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners spent their days in hard labor. The stone cut was only used to build unneeded roads on Robben Island itself. There is a cave cut into the rock. This was used ...

... also sat at the bar. We ended up having a snack of calamari and fries and then went back to our chalet. As we arrived we said good evening to our neighbours in the chalet above ours. It turned out that they were six actors who were in the area to shoot an advert. We ended up having a great laugh with them before hitting the sack. The next day was waterfall day. There are lots in the area but Herman had recommended three in particular so we visited first the Mac Mac falls ...

... a seething mass on the inside. Gave my cousin's maid a gift of R100 for her help while I was visiting. She was absolutely overjoyed as, for her, this was the difference between gifts for her daughter and not. My cousin and I spent most of the day running about trying to get the boys to various places and doing the last of the looking about in Pretoria for me. I took the whole family out to dinner at a lovely place called Villa Paulo. Who would have thought it, a marvelous ...

... I've ever encountered. No mention of weapons, declaring anything, fruits, seeds, Elian Gonzolas or anything.. So we pop out on the other side, disheveled, tired, and having no idea what to do next. I had reserved a rental car through expedia and had got a really good deal so I was fired up to get it and go. Once we got there, however, we found out that the insurance from my credit card is only good for 15 days. So, we had to ante up twice the fee to make sure that ...