We said goodbye to the bright lights of Hong Kong and journeyed on to South Africa. For Martin, this was a particularly exciting part of our trip as once again he was able to re-live his childhood experiences. The first part of our trip was a bit like being 12 years old again - I was introduced to every chocolate bar he'd ever eaten and he took me to Spur for dinner (the equivalent of Wimpy). Hmm.
Thankfully, we met up with one of his good friends and some of his family who have 'grown up' here!
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| Dinner with Sean and Leigh |
First we saw his good friend Sean. Martin and Sean were in a band together many years ago, auditioned a guy called Kahn and didn't think he quite cut it. This guy is now the lead singer of South Africa's biggest band - The Parlatones...who performed during the world cup ceremony!
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| The Parlatones! |
We journeyed on to the Drakensberg mountains for a few days of hiking (a good excuse for Martin to indulge in his favourite delicacy.... dried meat). We then recovered from the exercise by relocating to a tiny town by the sea, where we stayed in a lovely little cottage. Everything was very quaint, including the owner, or so we thought until the day we went into her house and saw a shot gun lying on her kitchen table to shoot the monkeys (which are like the common squirrel in Umdloti)!!!
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| A happy hiker! |
The last leg of our South African adventure involved a hardcore 20 hour drive (over 2 days) to Cape Town, where we were lucky enough to be wined and dined by Martin's cousin, Alan and girlfriend Andrea....a nice treat from our increasingly economical meals!
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| Amazing fish restaurant in Calk Bay |
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