Friday, Vic arrived at Sundays in the morning to check that everything was okay and then I followed him back into PE and then took him and Carol to the airport for their flight to Johannesburg where they would be met once again by Ted & Marilyn Turner and would travel with them next day into Botswana and on to the confluence of the Chobe and Zambezi rivers where they would be spending seven days on a luxury houseboat, fishing and game viewing. From the airport I went straight to the Virgin Active gym and had a weights workout for the only time since our arrival in SA. When we move into PE next Sunday, I intend to go regularly for the next two weeks (promises, promises!). From there a quick visit to another Internet café to check email and then back to Sundays where we had a quiet afternoon and an evening braai with just the three of us.
The next morning we drove down the road, through a caravan park and found our way to the Sundays River mouth by road – previously we have always gone in Vic’s boat by river to get to the mouth. We walked on the beach, normally deserted, but that day there was a fishing competition going on, with fisherman at intervals all along the beach casting into the surf. We didn’t see anyone catch anything – just like Myrtle Beach.
At noon, I met up with an old friend, Warwick Owen and we drove into PE to the Algoa Bay Yacht Club where he was meeting with members of a fraternity known as the “Rum Club” (draw your own conclusions). The first person he introduced me to replied “I remember you, you played scrum half (a rugby version of quarterback) for Crusaders” – seeing that was around 1968-1970, I thought he had a pretty good memory and also that I couldn’t look that different! I also bumped into some other old acquaintances, Peter & Jenny Aston, who wanted to know where Alison was and want us to get together when we move to PE – we look forward to it. Back to Sundays River and a quiet afternoon before going out to a local restaurant at the “Elephants Foot Lodge” for dinner.

On Sunday morning we drove into PE to the Walmer Park shopping center and I did some blog posting while the ladies shopped for the braai we were having in the afternoon. We had Warwick & Lyn Owen, Arthur & Bev Ahlschlager and Eppity Dodd out to Sundays (these names will mean nothing to most of you readers, but they





Our game drive lasted for 2 hours and our guide was very knowledgable. After the game drive, we had lunch and then went back into the park in our own vehicle and had more terrific eleohpant sightings at the waterholes.

It was a wonderful day and Angela enjoyed herslef thoroughly and considered this day to be one of the highlights of her holiday. The photographs say it all.

Tuesday, Alison & I went into PE to make travel bookings and also did some blog posting. Angela elected to stay at Sundays, sitting on the deck to enjoy the view and peacefulness of the river. In the afternoon I went fishing with Bernie Hoffman on his boat in the





2 comments:
Really great shots at Addo. I love the one of the mum and baby. It's amazing to me how Lynn and Owen look exactly as I remember them from when we still lived in PE! Any word on the McWilliams? It does seem that Angela's visit just flew by. We're glad she had such a good time. Clare said that she talked to Chris while she was in Pittsburgh and that he was just raving about the trip. I think that Africa could be in their blood now. Your posts make us long to be back in SA. Love, Melanie, David and Indigo
Have just been re-living some wonderful moments with the latest blog and pictures of the elephants.
Had a good chat with Jane and she was thrilled with her ethnic bead necklace, was pleased that it came from a roadside seller, not a shopping mall. Also talked about Nelson Mandela and what I have learnt from reading the S. African press.
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