My Adventure in South Africa: Should have gone to Specsavers

Till Sunday 22nd March 2009 (Mothering Sunday) - Having slept in the room doubling as the laundry room, the window left open for all the washing machine piping, I wake with a face like dot to dot puzzle having been attacked in the night by the local mozis! Welcome to Agulhas!

Feeling like a Dalmatian, I join Bridgett at the Honorary Rangers monthly meeting and the social post meeting braai. I spend my afternoon exploring the beach.

Sunday, Bridgett takes me up the Agulhas Lighthouse ready for next weeks activities with the kids. On the final level I am met by a near vertical ladder, not so good for someone with vertigo! Slowly I inch my way up, good deep breaths calming my nerves. I make it and rewarded with a cheese and ham toastie at the Lighthouse cafe after the climb down.

Bridgett is working today, so I sit in Angelo's with my book and soak up the atmosphere and again I am treated, this time to a piece of chocolate cake and ice cream.

With the sound of the sea in the background, I quickly call home from a payphone, to wish my Mum, a Happy Mothers Day. They have seen the article in the News of The World, everyone seems well and George pulls my leg about announcing to the whole of the UK that I would like to settle down and have a family!

Later that evening we pick up enough food to feed a small army and take it to the Kids in Parks accommodation.

Phenomenon - This week I have been referred to as 'beautiful' on three occasions by three separate men and received gift of chocolates twice. This obviously being pre mosquito attack! Maybe khaki sets off my eyes or something! Or as the average age calculates close to 60, I'll put it down to failing faculties!

I know a place in Africa..........

I know a place in Africa
Where I can feel the sun on my back
And the sand between my barefoot toes
Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze
And the waves crash on the endless shore

I know a place in Africa
Where the mountains touch the skies of blue
And the valleys shelter vines of green
Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve
And the bushveld wears a coat of beige

I know a place in Africa
Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods
And watch their lightning spears thrown to earth
Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds
And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops

This is the place of wildness
Of evolution and dinosaurs
Where life began and mankind first stood
Of living fossils and elephants
Where lions roar and springbok herds leap

This is the place of struggle
Of desert plains and thorn trees
Where pathways end and hunters track game
Of horizons and frontiers
Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red

This is the place of freedom
Of exploration and pioneers
Where darkness loomed and light saw us through
Of living legends and miracles
Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright

My heart is at home in Africa
Where the sound of drums beat in my chest
And the songs of time ring in my ears
Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes
And the smiles of friends make me welcome

My mind is at ease in Africa
Where the people still live close to the soil
And the seasons mark my changing moods
Where the markets hustle with trading
And Creation keeps its own slow time

My soul is at peace in Africa
For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins
And her winds bring healing to my dreams
For when the tale of this land is told
Her destiny and mine are as one

Wayne Visser

Best foot forward

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My Adventure in South Africa

Should have gone to Specsavers

I know a place in Africa..........

Best foot forward

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