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3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed

Larry
2006-05-27 03:11:54

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nice thing about the place other than its
picturesque setting was the B&B I found a room at -- Hindenburg B&B, run by
a nice lady and her husband, both busy cooking and setting up for Chirstmas
Eve dinner the following day.
I relaxed in the evening, taking some walks around town, and catching The
Simpsons on M-NET (a pay TV service) in the room. As with all NTSC
(American televison standard) programs that have to be converted to PAL (the
other major world television standard, and the one used in South Africa),
the pitch gets raised a full half-step in the conversion process, giving the
actors higher-sounding voices, and upping the Fox fanfare from starting on
an F to an F#. Drinking a diet soda while watching, I noticed that in South
Africa, the diet sodas don't just have aspartame, but a mix: "sodium
cyclamate and acesulfame K and aspartame." Hmmm. At least there are some
good sodas though: Schwepps makes a diet soda (Lemon Lite) with 6% real
fruit juice.

Dec. 24: Calvinia
In the morning, I left Ceres to drive to Citrusdal and Clanwilliam -- two
nice towns on the way up north. It was Christmas Eve Day, and in
Clanwilliam, a black teenager dressed as Santa (complete with foam white
beard) was driving a donkey-pulled cart, throwing out candy to the kids as
he passed. I asked if I could take his picture, and he smiled, saying
"sure!"
Turning off the N7, the road (384) between Clanwilliam and Calvinia is
quite nice, though for most of the way, I hardly passed any cars coming from
the opposite direction (perhaps because it was Christmas Eve). The radio
though (SABC), kept me company for a good part of the drive.
While driving today, I decided to pick up some hitchhikers -- the first
of a few times I would do so on my trip. In South Africa, the majority of
the population can't afford ...

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