MAy 24th & 25th

May 24th

Tailing A Tanker At A 160 Kilometers A Mile

So – I only add text to today’s blog as I almost kissed the ground when I got out of the car at the hotel. The lovely people that drove us from Tzaneen to Pretoria have a thing for speed. They would give NASCAR racers a run for their money. The driver was taking mountain roads with caution speed signs all over it at almost 160 kilos an hour (about 100 miles per hours). At one point I could almost kiss the bumper of a tanker that was carrying gas.

Good lord – thank god for seat belts. We later learn that the drive likes to get into high speed chases with traffic cops at 240 kilos per hour. We also learned that they saw a “space laboratory” land on the mountain a few years back and were close enough to see the people in the windows of the space laboratory. Not getting in a car with them again – that’s for sure.

May 25th

Friday Morning Eish!!!

-So I’ve been told by two different people two different ways to spell Eish – so I’m going with Eish (instead of Ish) - because it’s more fun.
-I still have issues getting the time difference right when calling people in the states.
-I never want to be in a car going 160 kilos an hour up and down a curvy mountain again.
-I had a great bed to sleep in last night – and couldn’t figure out the darn heater in the room to stay warm.
-Rice Krispies and yogurt work – I’m still not giving into the whole milk for breakfast thing. Give me my skim milk.
-1 week until we fly out…