21/03/18

Bank holiday Wednesday here in SA. Normally that would be fun but it feels more frustrating as it means nothing is going to happen with the truck today.

So, lets have a day exploring. I have also just realised that my Uber app works here so this going to make life very easy.

First of all, the Apartheid Museum next to Gold Reef City. This is a must apparently and I found it not only very interesting but also quite moving. It has also brought back memories of watching our television with the footage of the last days of apartheid being played out. It seems an age ago now.

I think if you are in Johannesburg a visit to Soweto is a must. For sports fans you drive by the fabulous FNB stadium, which unlike most stadia is more impressive in real life although a lot of the coloured panels are now starting to look a little dull now. Then on to see Nelson Mandela’s house and the street where some of the demonstrations/riots were. There were a number of plaques to fallen demonstrators, with a particularly moving one about a 7 year old boy who was shot and a moving narrative from his brother of how he saw him being carried away. Somehow seeing the street today with life carrying on as it always does makes it all the moving.

Anyway, on to Rosebank, another lovely part of this vibrant city and Martins last meal before he heads home. I’ll carry on as soon as we can get a part for the truck which with fingers and everything else crossed will be tomorrow.

Martin leaves