Blast from the past ... the Patagonia high road ..

Trip Start Dec 17, 2007
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Trip End Jan 19, 2008


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Sunday, January 20, 2008

The following day Nadia, Sarah, Christina and I drive to Stellenbosch ...

It is here as our group gradually disintegrates that I arrange to meet one of an earlier group with whom I travelled 15000KM through South America ... the Patagonia High Road ... the trip that sparked my interest in photography ...

Oddly enough we meet Jaco Van Der Linde in a pub in his home town called Dros ... and place I've been before on a previous golfing holiday ... this time there is great excitment as a protest takes place at the entrance ... for fair treatment of employees ... Stellenbosch has become a much more corwded and noisy place since I've last been here ...

We head to Spier where we purchace some nice wines and a picnic ... which we eat sitting on the grass being harassed by the ducks ... we are quite tired so not much is said ... Jaco and I do some reminissing and we talk about his sister Maz who was our guide on the trip through South America ... she is now married to one of my fellow passenger on that trip Oli ...

Back in Cape Town Sarah, Nadia, Cristina and I head to Lion head to watch yet another breath taking sunset ... in the freezing cold wind of the Cape Doctor ... we head to the Africa Cafe for my last evening dinner ... it is a colourful place with wonderful foor ... it may be touristy ... but for me the wonderful staff and the bright colours embody much of the charm of my trip ... now I say my last farewell to Nadia ... and our group dwindles a little bit more ... it is the death of 1000 cuts ...
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