The end of the trip
Yesterday marked the end of Mom and Mike’s three week stay with me here in South Africa. We had a great time together with a almost completely booked schedule. The last few days of their visit were spent “detoxing” a little bit from all the major activities of the trip. We spent this week packing, helping Heather with her new house, shopping for souvenirs, and just visiting small sights around where I stay.
I think one of the most surprising things for mom on the trip was the contrast in how people live. I drove her through one of the villages near my house one day and drove her down to Hammanskraal (the actual town closest to where I stay). We took some pictures of how life typically goes on each day in these places. I think you will be able to understand a little better after viewing some of the pictures why Mike wasn’t really excited to join us for this part of the trip. He would have rather been playing with the kids on the playground at Bethesda than in the car at this point.
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- This is was actually taken in the middle of the morning…it’s normally PACKED with people and buses!
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- This is a very typical township home. The all have fences on the outside but are very clean and orderly on the inside.
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- The bus stop in Hammanskraal
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- Would you like to have your kitchen outdoors and about 20 feet from your living quarters?
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- It’s common practice for people to build their house as they go and live in it while they ad on rooms and even walls and doors.
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- This herd of roadside cattle often make their way down to the grass in front of our Bethesda property to graze for a bit while their shepherd keeps watch.
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- The village seen here is directly across the road from our Bethesda property.
Tonya Small 