Till Sunday 7 June 2009 - I feel a little out of touch as we stop in Alldays for petrol and an extortionately priced pee! Either poultry culling is high on the agenda for today or our feathered friend has become the new must have clutch bag, I think I seriously need to flick through the pages of HEAT! Every second local is carrying a chicken under their arm, baie bizarre, but baie stylish!
Our journey takes us back towards civilisation to the bright lights of Jo'burg. After refuelling again at Kranskop, tank full and our stomachs too with warm chocolate muffins from Wimpy, we are soon at our first destination, Pretorias' Menlyn Mall. The mall is a far cry from anything I am now use to, it is a shoppers paradise and is huge by even English standards, and surprisingly the last place I want to be. It is mega busy and I have no desire to look at clothes or shoes, maybe I'll give the HEAT magazine a miss after all.
Sandra treats us to lunch at Ocean Basket, South Africas Feesh franchise before we rendevous with Kevin and his son, and say our goodbyes to Kirsteen. Our Scottish friend has a holiday booked to visit Kruger again in just over a week, so rather than heading back to the red dunes of the Kalahari has arranged to work at SANParks Head Office Groenkloof instead - Kevin won't know what has hit him!
It is then time for myself and Bridgett to be dropped off at Jo'burg airport ready for our flight back to the Mother City. Our farewell with Sandra is all the more difficult as we have learnt during our trip that she has now resigned from her GVI position, instead of attending our next little GVI jaunt at the end of the year, she will be returning home 'down under' within the next few months.
Arriving back in Cape Town, we are met by the trusty Ben, ready to give us GVIs a lift back to Swellendam. Heading out to the car with our luggage, we find our carriage awaits in the form of the CapeNature little red VW, oops Ben isn't supposed to use this vehicle for personal use. He explains that the car hire dodgy dealer in Railton let him down at the last minute, he had no choice and will have to explain to management on Monday....... double oops.
On Sunday, with Sky (Bens canine) skulking around unsure of the new addition or maybe just the presence of an American, Bridgett is collected from Marloth by boyfriend Gerrard, leaving Ben and I to relax and enjoy a couple more episodes of the Long Way Down, you just can't beat a bit of Ewan McGregor.
