Hassan drove us to Heintje's Joburg apartment, where our small Nissan 1400 bakkie was waiting for us in a very well protected garage. Getting the bakkie started was a bit of a hassle - we needed a mechanic to tell us you have to put the clamps on the battery very tight. We felt ever so stupid.
After a nice lunch with Heintje in Sandton we went to Nick, who as always offered his house as ours. Arriving in South Africa means 'get used to braais'. Nick organized us a nice braai at his house, and even produced lekker veggie wors! We old travellers had to go to bed early, around one a.m., but the others partied on until daylight.
Saturday Nick joined us to Oriental Plaza to look for cloth. To upgrade our Botswana-house we need, among other things, a lot of textile, and that is one of the few things you better get in RSA. Loitering in Oriental Plaza is addictive, if only for the mouth-watering Indian snacks, so Maud got the guys to join her hunt for a nice sareeh for sugar feast, and 'just a few' Indian bracelets.
For a change of scenery we had dinner at a hip new chain: Cape Town Fish Market (now open in London also) in Cresta Mall. In Botswana we have these bar-restaurant clients, so Bram managed to get permission to take pictures.
Sunday morning we had to leave in time to make it to our 12:00 braai in Potch. As always Maud had to shed some tears over leaving our Joburg buddy and home, but it was nothing compared to Nick bringing us to OR Tambo last April for our flight to Europe. Boy was he sorry he forgot sneesies as he got it all over his shirt!
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