Tuesday, January 26, 2010

South Africa!!!




Sorry its being a while since the last blog..i guess i've been too busy here travelling to really stop and sit back and write! The good news is I am safe and sound and loving life :)

So, I have been venturing through Cape Town, South Africa for the past week. If you don't know, i've come to Cape Town because it is where my gran lives aswell as other family, and it is a beautiful place to be! (google cape town if you've never seen). I came down last sunday (8 days ago) straight from Nakuru, Kenya.. The main difference I noticed when I stepped off the plane was how nice the airport was. woohoo! i was in civilization again! But it did make me feel quite blessed to have been brought up in spoiltness...

Anyway..I have been very busy staying with family and driving all around Cape Town and surrounding towns. The driving here is much less like an amusement park than kenya is, so i've slotted in as a driver quite easily. no pictures today unfortunately :(. I'll load them up tomorrow, so until then i'll leave you with a list of translated words: (aussie -> saffa)

Sweet = Lekker
Cool = Kief
Wassup = Awe
Nap = Kip
Drink = Dop
Bro = Bru
Credit = Air Time
Traffic Lights = Robots
Ute = Bakkie
Scoundrel = Skelm
People on the street = Bergies

Enjoy!

Neil -

4 Comments:

  1. sarah Budulica said...
    sounds like ur having a great time :D haha i bet the driving is way better here its like your in a flying cofen... (however u spell it) lol so u know a few SA words thats awesome i love the one for traffic lights :P and people on the street it almost sounds like burgers :P hmmmmm speaking of food im hungry.. hehe cant wait to read ur next post :D we miss you here inkenya u have to come back.... ! ")
    Anonymous said...
    Great to hear from you mate. See you soon eh?
    Anonymous said...
    Wow, soon you'll be teaching ye old returning locals a thing or 2 about one of their home towns!! I like the translation of Aussie "Thank you very much" = South African "Buy a Donkey".Mum left this afternoon and is now flying somewhere over the sea to get to your part of the world, via Singapore, in a day or two. cya.....Dad
    Anonymous said...
    NEIL!! long time since we have spoken. Sounds like your having a blast over there in Africa! When you get back you have to show me pictures of your trip when we get back to uni!

    Miss yu dude take care be safe
    peace & god bless

    *HUGS!*

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