South Africa Update: Along Came a Spider
“It has been sooo hot 43??C (109??F) yesterday. We finally had rain thunder and lightng and a rainbow. Wow. Heat brutal. NO air conditioning or fans in the house! Mt in front of back porch caught fire and is still burning. We took pix.” ??? Susan Miln…
South Africa Update: Lazy Boys … and Girls
Sorry folks, just 2 minutes after posting those photos, I got the following text from Susan: “Lazing in McGregor area (today). Had breakfast at a garden center. Came back to house had a drink, a swim and a nap. Tonight we are going to eat at home,…
South Africa Update: Photos at last!
Just a few photos from Susan’s mobile phone … thank goodness she told me that too, I thought they were from her new camera (that I recommended!).
South Africa Update: Wild Hors?
If you’re someone who uses text messaging on your mobile phone, then you know it only allows short messages, another reason why so many of us substitute 4 for “for” and u for “you,” etc. Susan is pretty good at this and sometimes I have to think a…
South Africa Update: At the Roxy
Shortly after I posted yesterday I had a phone call from our intrepid explorers. They were sounding quite happy (and slightly tipsy) having just flown in to Cape Town and were settling into a “beautiful and ultra modern apartment” that John owns i…
South Africa Update: “Just when you thought it was safe …”
That’s right, there was no update yesterday as all I got was “Dad shopping, Susan golfing.” No, wait, I have that backwards. My reply was to go back to sleep. But today is a different story. Dad and Susan flew from Durban to Cape Town to meet up w…
South Africa Update: Holy Flying Cockroaches Batman!
I’m going to let Susan tell her story. This is what she messaged me this morning: “When two inch flying cockroach enters rented cottage, lands on wall, then sprayed by Angela, goes into frenzy, catipultes onto Susan, flicked onto Lindsay ??? Susan h…
South Africa Update: On Safari
While I was sleeping, Susan was texting me the following: “Yesterday saw new Durban football stadium for World Cup. Has huge arch with train car that goes to top. You can bungee jump from (the) arch. On the road now going to safari. Driving throug…
South Africa Update: Sugar Coast
Umhlanga (which Susan says is “pronounced umm shlon ga – no lie!”), meaning place of reeds in Zulu, is a resort town just north of Durban in an area known as the Sugar Coast … y’know, for those who don’t know this already. This is where our intr…
South Africa Update: Rump Strips
Word today is that Dad has lost his mind (must be the heat, no?). He has been eating and drinking things far from his usual meat, potatoes and beer. Who knows how long this might last. Next thing we’ll hear is that he loves pasta, cheese and garli…
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