TUESDAY
We left for the Eastern Cape on Tuesday at
about midday. We drove for about 45 minutes, then stopped in Wilderness for
lunch. 30 minutes later we were on the road to Jeffrey's bay*. At 4:00pm we
stopped in Jeffrey's Bay mall to see old friends from Dubai -she owns a photo
stuido. We went to a coffee shop and had something to drink together, I had a
strawberry milkshake. We also watched the proteas play India. We said good bye
and went to one our Oupa's * friend's house to spend the night. We had pasta
and boerewors for dinner.
·=1. Jeffrey's bay is a town in the Eastern
Cape of South Africa
·2. Oupa is Afrikaans for Grandpa
WEDNESDAY
We woke up early and had eggs,banana,apple
and milk(I did not have any milk(I hate it!).)
We hit the road for Port Elizabeth/Port
Alfred/East London/ Butterworth at about 8:30am. At about midday we stopped in
port Alfred to see one of my Mom’s colleagues from Butterworth, then went to
Pick 'n Pay to get some lunch (cheese, cucumber, chutney rolls and pears).
We arrived in Butterworth at 4pm and were
treated to a spicy curry(very spicy!).
THURSDAY
We just chilled and took it easy. In the
late afternoon one of Anthea's ex-students/close friend(Melissa) came to spend
the weekend in Butterworth.
FRIDAY
The Olympic ceremony was on that night.
Jed, my Dad and I had a nap. At 9:30pm the ceremony started, it was sooo good!
The theme was England in the 18 century . It was funny because they put Mr bean
in it, he was playing the piano in the song '' chariots of fire ''. When the England
team came out the Queen was picking her nails while every body was standing up
and clapping! Caster Semenya was carrying the SA flag. Each country had a cone
like piece of steel that went on the Olympic flame, lots of poles with the cone
like piece of steel to represent all the countries. The Olympic circles
represent the continents (Africa, Asia, South America, North America and
Europe).
GO SA!
SATURDAY
We played football and watched TV while my Mom and Anthea
went to the shops to buy food for the braai the next day.
SUNDAY
The church we went to was called Beulah Land, which is the
same name as the school. The church was at a panel beater and held in the
garage. Dad preached about the life of Joseph. When we got home Mark-Anthony
was cooking the meat on the braai. We had pork chops, boerewors, lamb chops,
potato salad, baked beans and mayonnaise salad, mielie pap and chakalaka. Tony
put lambs liver on the braai and covered it with fat and we ate it off the
braai with our hands. For pudding we had Ultramel Custard with peach halves.
The meat was nicely braaied and I enjoyed the salads. The Ultramel was quite
nice with the peach halves – nice and sweet. I even drank some of the sweet
juice that was in the tin of peaches. It was sickly sweet but it was really
nice with the Ultramel. In the evening Melissa’s friend, Calvin, came to pick
her up. They both wrote in my autograph book (and Jeds!) before we said
goodbye.
MONDAY
On Monday morning we went to ‘town’ with Anthea. I bought
some light luminous yellow shoelaces from a guy who was selling shoes and
laces, etc. on the sidewalk. Mom bought me a dark blue fleece jacket from Pep
Stores that I only got on my birthday. Then we walked to Spargs, a shop that
has two levels. On the bottom floor they sell food and on the top floor they
sell clothes and houseware. I bought a pair of football socks and Aimee bought
me another pair for my birthday. I also bought a chocolate milkshake
downstairs. The people were friendly. Most of the people tried to bargain with
us and sell us stuff. Because white people are quite scarce in town, I think
people assumed we were rich and would buy their goods.
A few hours later, we took a picnic to the Dam with
Mark-Anthony and Anthea. The dam is about a 5 minute walk from their house. We
had ‘Bunny Chow’ for lunch. A bunny chow is when you take a loaf of bread and
cut it into three pieces, hollow them out and put fill it with some curry.
Sprinkle grated carrot and sliced onion on top then dip the bread filling into
it. You then eat the bread and curry together, it was one of the best spicy
meals I have every eaten!
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| BUNNY CHOW!! |
TUESDAY
One of the ladies that work for the Addisons runs the school
‘tuck shop’. Jed and I bought an éclair sweet and a lollipop each. I played
football with some of the 4-5 year old schoolboys during their school break.
They were so cute! They tried to tackle me and I just dribbled the ball around
and they were laughing. They enjoyed it and so did I! That night mom and dad
went out with the Addisons for dinner at a local hotel. Ethan, Aimee, Jed and I
had hamburgers for dinner with home-made 1000-island sauce (mayonnaise and
ketchup combo). Tara-Lee and the church singers had a worship practice while
Jed and I watched some TV.
WEDNESDAY
We left Butterworth at about 10am. It was a little sad
having to say goodbye to the Addisons again. Money can’t buy the kind of
holiday we had in Butterworth! We had a lovely experience! We then headed for
East London. When we got to East London we stopped at Hemmingways Mall to have
a look around. We bought some rolls, chutney and cheese and had that for lunch
in the car on the way to Onke’s house. Onke was at work but Hlehle and Lee were
at home. Lee was sleeping and Niz was at school. We spent the afternoon with
Hlehle and Lee before going to Christmas Rock. We stayed at a little holiday
house near the beach and we rented it from a middle-aged couple who work in
Umtata. Onke and Hlehle visited us after 7pm to have supper and say ‘hello’.
THURSDAY
We picked up Hlehle and went to Vincent Park Mall to look
what movies would be showing on Friday. Jed and I wanted to watch ‘Ice Age 4’
or ‘Madagascar 3’ on our birthday, but they both finished that night and
wouldn’t be showing the next day. We fetched Onke from work and went to KFC for
lunch. It was quite a nice experience! The chicken was really nice and it was a
big treat! We took Onke back to work and drove to the Oriental Plaza to buy
some Indian spices and to look around. It felt a lot like being in Karama in
Dubai where there are lots of little stores. We went back to Onke’s apartment
to pick up Niz and Lee and took them back with us to Christmas Rock. We went to
play with them in the park and there were some children that live in Christmas
Rock playing there too. We joined in the game they were playing; it was like
dodge ball played with a rugby ball. They invited us to youth the next night.
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| Playing in the park with our new friends |
FRIDAY
We got up quite early to watch Marley and me.
It was Jed and my birthday, and as is it tradition to have a
special breakfast we had chocolate cereal for breakfast. When we opened the
presents, I got some football socks and a jacket (the jacket my mom bought in
Butterworth at PEP), a hammer, a book from Nana and a card with money, a book
from Jed and a gift voucher from Mom and Dad for a Bible and a recipe book.
At around about 10am we fetched Hlehle and went with her to
the mini putt-putt course near the Beacon Bay mall. When Jed had his first shot
he hit the ball into the water and we had to pay an extra R5-00 for a new ball.
We don’t know who won, but Dad got a whole-in-one at the 10th hole
and won a free game.
We then dropped Hlehle back at Onke’s apartment and went to
Nahoon Beach for a picnic with Oupa and
Ouma. We bought some chickens at Checkers and had chicken and mayonnaise rolls.
We went back to Christmas Rock and Mom and Dad dropped Jed and I at the park to
play with the Christmas Rock children. We joined them at youth at the Christmas
Rock church where we played games and listened to a story. I then tried out the
2nd set of drums and had a lot of fun! (My mom thinks I’m very
talented!)
When youth was finished we went to Jeff and Tanya’s parents’
house for a braai. We watched Chad deClos get a gold medal for swimming
butterfly at the Olympics in London. Dad made a peppermint crisp tart for
pudding and it was really good!
It was quite a nice day filled with fun!
SATURDAY
We left for George just before 8am and stopped in PE to
collect a guitar from Nox. (She is Hlehle and Onke’s older sister). We stopped
in Jeffery’s Bay for lunch and ran around in a small park next to the petrol
station. I had my first BBM chat with Caitlin. We stopped in Plettenberg Bay
for an Magnum ice-cream and then headed home for George.
We arrived in George at about 5pm and we found a ‘Happy
Birthday’ poster on the gate from our friends Zian and Adine. It was quite nice
of them to do that and it caught of lot of people’s eye as they were driving
down the road.
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| Welcome Home!! What a wonderful surprise! |
It was quite nice to have 2 holidays in a year!
It was quite an experience. I’ve never been in a car for that long, I can’t
remember if I have.
