Till Sunday 19 April 2009 - Saturday is spent with Sandra, who is on a definite quest to see Bontebok - well she is after all in the right place. Starting the day with a game drive around the tracks coursing the Parks 3500 hectares, Sandra is not disappointed!
By way of celebration we journey into town to The Old Gaol for pure indulgence, their Chocolate Mud Cake is calling!
With Sandras GVI expense account at our disposal, our glad rags on (by which I mean something that isn't khaki) full of anticipation we head to The Old Mill, the restaurants menu and ambiance coming highly recommended. Unsure whether they are open, we gingerly enter the restaurant, seated we pondered the menu, the prices a tad excessive for Sandras meagre budget.....oops!
Both splurging out on a Karoo lamb curry, but unfortunately not curry as I know it, looking forward to a true Indian delight, what arrived was more of a spicy stew with rice, poppadom and bizarrely vegetables! We left the restaurant having been joined by just one couple - ambiance equal to a morgue! Think we hit a bad night!
Sunday morning Sandra heads back to Cape Town and flight to Upington in search of Bonnie Lassey in the red desert of the Kalahari.
The day brings with it - rain, warm and heavy, the sort in which action heros take their leading ladies in their strong arms and they kiss in true Hollywood stylely..........sorry I digress! I use the weather as an excuse to catch up on the blog. Mid flow, Ruhan arrives back from Cape Town needing the key for the student house, I just can't put my finger on it, but something isn't quite right with him.
Hitchhiking back from CT - Ruhan has been robbed at knife point by three youths, taking his rucksack and with it his cellphone, CDs together with some sentimental items, along with his jacket. To add insult to injury, they had hit over the head with a bottle - he is really lucky to be alive. Thankfully he has finally seen sense and his hitchhiking days are over! Despite his obvious shock, he is full of his usual enthusiasm - for he has decided to buy a bassett hound later in the year - name Lula!
