Wanderlusty Vacation to South Africa.
After working virtually all day, every day for as long as I can remember, I’m taking (count it) a full month of vacation to colorful South Africa. It seems an opportune time to blog about my misadventures there. It promises to be a tad more interesting than my normal goings on… “I just applied my 30th hard light filter in Photoshop”, or, “I just wrote a wicked CSS file”.
My Plans? I’ll be spending the first ten days surfing and drinking Appletisers and South African culture. I’m going to start the day by reading the paper from cover to cover. I’ll be staying at Umhlanga Rocks, which reportedly has great surfing for a newbie like me. So, I’m going to ride the waves until my body says, “uncle”, and then head into Durban, with its panoply of cultures, or up and down the coast, depending on my whim. Hopefully I’ll be able to find a perfect café where I’ll while away the hours reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was “set up by the Government of National Unity to help deal with what happened under apartheid. The conflict during this period resulted in violence and human rights abuses from all sides. No section of society escaped these abuses.” I’ve read snippets of the report and it is heart wrenching. But, however controversial its outcomes, this human endeavor to carry out the biblically inspired principles of truth and reconciliation is at least admirable, and I anticipate, enlightening. I’ve long thought that South Africa, in all of its diversity, is a microcosm of the global human condition and I hope to share some of the insights I find there… here.
After my stint solo, I’ll be joining my parents and my brother, sister-in-law, and niece for a Safari, a couple days in Zululand, and a day here and there visiting with my parents’ friends and coworkers in Durban.
To my parents’ chagrin, while they’re flying, I’m going to drive the route from Durban to rendezvous with the family in the most beautiful city in the world, Cape Town. Driving isn’t exactly the safest mode of transport in South Africa, but I figure my safe little life could use a bit of danger. I do not want safety and comfort to be my idols. And besides, of all the risky pursuits to which we may be called in our lives, I’m pretty sure this does not rank. The route along the southern coast of South Africa is legendary for its beauty and I’m sure the long days of driving will occasion many reflective moments.
[@more@]’, ‘Wanderlusty Vacation to South Africa.’, ‘After working virtually all day, every day for as long as I can remember, I”m taking (count it) a full month of vacation to colorful South Africa. It seems an opportune time to blog about my misadventures there. It promises to be a tad more interesting than my normal goings on… “I just applied my 30th hard light filter in Photoshop”, or, “I just wrote a wicked CSS file”.My Plans? I”ll be spending the first ten days surfing and drinking Appletisers and South African culture. I”m going to start the day by reading the paper from cover to cover. I”ll be staying at Umhlanga Rocks, which reportedly has great surfing for a newbie like me. So, I”m going to ride the waves until my body says, “uncle”, and then head into Durban, with its panoply of cultures, or up and down the coast, depending on my whim. Hopefully I”ll be able to find a perfect café where I”ll while away the hours reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was “set up by the Government of National Unity to help deal with what happened under apartheid. The conflict during this period resulted in violence and human rights abuses from all sides. No section of society escaped these abuses.” I”ve read snippets of the report and it is heart wrenching. But, however controversial its outcomes, this human endeavor to carry out the biblically inspired principles of truth and reconciliation is at least admirable, and I anticipate, enlightening. I”ve long thought that South Africa, in all of its diversity, is a microcosm of the global human condition and I hope to share some of the insights I find there… here.After my stint solo, I”ll be joining my parents and my brother, sister-in-law, and niece for a Safari, a couple days in Zululand, and a day here and there visiting with my parents” friends and coworkers in Durban.To my parents” chagrin, while they”re flying, I”m going to drive the route from Durban to rendezvous with the family in the most beautiful city in the world, Cape Town. Driving isn”t exactly the safest mode of transport in South Africa, but I figure my safe little life could use a bit of danger. I do not want safety and comfort to be my idols. And besides, of all the risky pursuits to which we may be called in our lives, I”m pretty sure this does not rank. The route along the southern coast of South Africa is legendary for its beauty and I”m sure the long days of driving will occasion many reflective moments.
