Family holiday are always filled with mixed feelings and experiences. That’s beside the fact that you’re travelling with two teenagers and a six year old. Unless you’re staying in accommodation you’ve been to before, it’s always an adventure filled with guess work and hope.
We’ve just been to Oribi Gorge which an amazing place a short distance from Port Shepstone in KZN. The accommodation was very basic, but neat and clean – two very important features for me. The fresh air and the lack of modern conveniences is something you need to experience once in while when you live in a city like Johannesburg. Unfortunately the lack of television during the 2010 World Cup is not very welcome, only quelled by the fact that a cellphone can provide you with up-to-date information including goal scoring accompanied by the emotional rantings of kind friends – thank you to my Twitter friends for this. I did know that there would not be a television for this one night though.
Nonetheless it’s fun to be in nature and to see new places.
We left Oribi Gorge this morning to Port St John’s in the Eastern Cape - Unspoilt South African splendor. Traffic was awful and the journey took us far longer than we expected, road works – I’m not really complaining, how can you complain about bad roads being resurfaced. Thanks to modern technology, you know longer have children in the back seat asking “are we there yet?”. Now they’re fully aware that we’re not there yet but insist on checking the navigator for updates on how long it will take us to get there every half an hour, almost as annoying. Unfortunately, along with our beautiful setting on the beach in untouched South Africa came accommodation that is way below standard. I’ve spent my entire first evening scrubbing and cleaning just so that we could eat. Linga Futi? Don’t put your futi!!! Now, I’m a fan of not having the television on holiday (only because of DSTV on demand), but once again THE WORLD CUP is on people!!! Why is your television not working and why have the wires to your satellite dish been cut and what do I do with my smart card. We’re going to have to find the nearest pub for our World Cup pleasure.
Well, we did bring all our board games and playing cards and this will have to entertain us for tonight along with some strange creepy crawlies that are living with us.
From the wild coast of South Africa, goodnight!
P. S. No cellphone reception (I said it was untouched) but if I stand on the eighth decking slat, two and half metres from the railing I can check Twitter and send email and update my blog! With a Savannah in my hand and the sound of the waves below, this is still quite something.
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