FINALLY WE MADE IT TO KRUGER PARK AND JUST SURVIVED
The time had finally come and we were off to Kruger Park. We joined some families from work and rented a lodge inside of the park. Other than two fenced in compounds, that accommodated about 4 families, no one was…
DEYSI IN IMAGES JOHANNESBURG – JUST HITTING HER STRIDE
All too often in the hustle and bustle of moving family around, organizing trips, making sure everyone was happy, grooming us, and just generally keeping the world right, Deysi (or Ol’ Bubbaloo if you are brave like me) is left…
OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE SIGHTS OUTSIDE OF JOHANNESBURG
Within a few short months of starting work, we had met some friends that were very active in travel around South Africa. One weekend we get in cars and with our families head off to see the famous Sun City…
NOW FOR THE NEIGHBOURS AND INTERESTING THEY WERE
As we got settled in, we came to meet our neighbours. They were from different roots, but all were born and raised in South Africa. Among them a president of the Automobile Association in South Africa. His wife, became one…
SNIPPETS OF LIFE AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
For this post, I am going to jump around a bit and provide some short clips of our life, and impressions of South Africa, as we got settled in and as we understood a bit more of this wonderful and…
MY EXPERIENCE WITH SELECTIVE SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Today’s opinion piece is a product, of the times, in South Africa, and has never been fully formed or reconciled in my mind. It is still half opinion and half not wanting to know the answer to my observations. To…
TIME FOR SOME WILD GAME IMAGES (NOT BILTONG)
You might be wondering where are the Africa pictures? Because I have been so absorbed in setting the scene for this part of our journey, I have neglected to show you any of the images that we captured in our…
MEDIEVAL NIGHTS AND MY LEAST FUN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Most of our memories from South Africa are positive. However, one stands out in my mind as the least amount of fun that I had while there. It started with some wise ass in the office deciding that it would…
JOHANNES, GARDENER, PHILOSOPHER, AND WIZARD
Now that the maid problem was solved, Deysi had time to turn her attention to the gardener. We had a Xhosa gardener living in the back of our property in a room when we arrived. He previously worked for the…
DEYSI AND THE MAID SELECTION PROCESS SANDTON 1988
we now had a new home, and Deysi was fully in command. Things were moving. Her purchased furniture was arriving. Our shipment from home, had arrived. Ron was in school. Ange was training the dogs (to crap and pee wherever…
