It’s Friday! Yah!
Time to kick back and relax – with a book.
Talk about being predictable.
For this week’s Frivolous Friday, I’m focusing on an African
positive.
It’s always a laugh when travelling overseas because the first
question people ask when they hear I come from Africa is: “Do you have lions
and elephants roaming the streets?” I immediately picture the grass hut they
think I live in.
So, to answer your question . . . no, I don’t live in a grass hut. Neither do I have wild animals trawling through my neighbourhood. Unless you can call the tsotsis (a local word for criminals) armed with stolen weapons and homemade knives predators. Actually, come to think of it, we do call them predators. Amongst a lot of other derogatory terms.
So, to answer your question . . . no, I don’t live in a grass hut. Neither do I have wild animals trawling through my neighbourhood. Unless you can call the tsotsis (a local word for criminals) armed with stolen weapons and homemade knives predators. Actually, come to think of it, we do call them predators. Amongst a lot of other derogatory terms.
Another conversation that always raises a smile goes
something like this . . .
Ignorant foreigner: “So, you’re from South Africa. That’s
just awesome.”
Me: “Yeah. I guess it’s pretty cool.”
Ignorant foreigner: “So tell me, where in Africa is South Africa?
Me: *stares blankly*
Ignorant foreigner: “Is it near Kenya?”
Me: “Er . . . Kenya is in East Africa, about three thousand
miles from us.”
Ignorant Foreigner: *undeterred* “Oh, is it? Then are you
close to Ghana?”
Me: *trying hard not to roll eyes* “Not exactly. Ghana is in
West Africa. About three thousand miles away in the opposite direction.”
Ignorant foreigner: “Right. I knew that.” *long pause* “So where is South Africa
exactly?”
Me: *smiling now*
“In the south. Southern tip of the continent actually . . . “
I hope you like my
lion pic. Andrew took it on one of his many travels. And talking about travels,
some months ago I posted a Frivolous Friday on my brother Tom’s ride across
Africa on a bicycle. See link here. Well, he and Andrew (my husband) are making a TV series
about the adventure. Andrew is driving his 4x4 vehicle and Tom is on his
bicycle.
They’ve put together
a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the production. If you are interested
in helping two crazy guys make an amazing adventure travel, internet-based TV series,
then please click on this link. If you like what you see, don’t be shy to share
the news.
Have an awesome
weekend.
Cheers
Gwynn
PS. I did live in a grass hut once for about a year, and I
did have wild animals raiding the kitchen, but I’ll share more about that
adventure in a future post.
PPS: Don't forget to drop into Elisa to see her Frivolous Friday.
