South Africa 2/11 through 2/12, 2024 East London
EAST LONDON 2/11/24 through 2/12/24
Sky flower, Duranta erecta.. Since it is native to the Americas, so I wonder if it is invasive here! In the garden at Blue Hills Lodge.
Security abounds.
The back of Blue Hills Lodge. David is in his “office” on the right.
After another delicious breakfast, served by Linda, we waited for Gramme and Nic to take us to the airport for East London. It was sad to leave the Blue Hills Lodge, but we needed to go to further our big adventure.
King Phalo airport in East London. It was even smaller than the airport in Havana.
Another uneventful flight, thank goodness.
We got our Avis car rental. I forgot my license, so David has to do all the driving. Honestly, it didn’t occur to me since I had my passport for identification. I should have thought through it further. Gramme was on our flight to return to the flat to load up the furniture for Cole’s new apartment at University.
High today, 77ºF. Windy.
I met Wesley and Tish and visited David’s (NexClean) abattoir water system. I was impressed. Over the years, David has spoken of the clean water system. I just had no idea how BIG it was. And I got the see where Aster worked for six months.
Shanties outside abattoir.
The squalor outside the plant was hard to digest, not only how they lived but how the land had just been taken over, and if not shooed off within 30 days, they could stay. No running water.
Tish is the sweetest thing! We all went to dinner at Shanghai. I had the best crispy fried chicken thighs with black pepper sauce.
We picked up water for our trip. Unlike Joburg, where we could drink the water, not so in East London or anywhere else until we arrived in Cape Town.