Friday 6th February 2009 - Today I travel with Carli and Bulelwa to Witsand to attend the Breede River Estuary Advisory Forum, or you've guess it BREAF! The meeting is held at the Breede River Lodge and has wonderful views of the Estuary, although I was disappointed there are no signs of the 4ft Zambezi shark!
The drive takes about an hour, journeying through fairly barren looking farmland. There is the occasional field of farmed ostrich, which tend to run around the periphery fencing for no apparent reason, their feathers being ruffled in the wind!
After a quick look out to sea and watching the kite surfing dudes, we head back to Park on an alternative route. Fields of sunflowers, their heads all facing the sun, brighten my day.
This evening, Asanda regales some frightening tales from her childhood about apartheid, and how as a small child, her Xhosa family were forced to flee Johannesburg to live with relatives in Cape Town. The Zulus and Xhosa were at war, townships were killing each other.
