On Saturday I hopped on a plane to Port
Elizabeth. My brother Kevin and his
daughter Jayde met me at the airport and brought me to their home. In the evening, we supped at Nandos. (I’d been awarded four Nandos burgers by Avis
for good driving. They had an app, and a
device in my car sent them information.
I’d also have to pay for repairs to the same car as it somehow got
dented when I was nowhere near it. How
incongruous!)
On Sunday we ate lunch at the beachfront. Here, when I was a student at the University
of Port Elizabeth, I had a part-time job in the car park of a roadhouse called
Something Good. That had disappeared
since I left PE. However, it was now
back, not as a roadhouse, but as a restaurant.
This is where we took lunch.
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Afterwards, we paid a visit to friends of Kevin’s family. Sue, Hannah and Ricky had a swimming pool,
and we lounged around it, snacking, and later having dinner together. I found their home rather photogenic.
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At some point, I went to the airport to pick
up the car I’d booked for tomorrow.......
On Monday morning, Jayde and I hopped in that car. We were headed to Addo Elephant Park, which I’d
passed on my trip in 2015 and decided I should visit. I’d invited the whole family, but alas, Kevin
and Wayonette had to work. Jayde and I
had a good day spotting wildlife and getting caught up without her
parents.
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Kevin did come to the park
after work, and the three of us enjoyed dinner at the Cattle Baron, and then spent
the night in the forest cabins I’d booked before leaving Taiwan.
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