Good-bye SA

We were sad to leave SA, after reuniting with friends and family and seeing so many spectacular things. We say that if we were to move to SA, then Simon's Town would be our top choice. If the SA government gets it arse in gear, we'll be back in summer 2010 for the World Cup!!

Well, here are some vital stats on the country

* Population – 45m (black 79%, white 9.6%, Coloured 8.9%, Asian 2.5%)
* Capital cities – Bloemfontein (Judiciary), Cape Town (Legislative) and Pretoria (Administrative) and unofficially - Johannesburg (crime ;)
* 11 official languages
* Currency : Rand / cents

National Beverages
Castle, Amstel, Black Label, Windhoek, Savanna, Forresters, Hunters Gold

National Delicacies
Boerwors, Drywors, Biltong, Ostrich & Crocodile (in some areas) , Bunny chow (Durban), T-Bone steak, Potjie, Koek Sisters, Fet Koek, Melk Tart, Milky Lane, Ghost Pops, Peppermint Caramel Crisp (Mikes Kitchen dessert), Korsmans Ice Cream (Benoni)

Prices (1 GBP = 15 rand)
Water/Coke = R5
Beer = R10
Wine = Supermarket R30; restaurant R70
Rump Steak = R30 - R60
Hair Gel = R40
2 course meal (inc drinks) per head = R70 - R100
Petrol = R6 per litre

Weird things we'd like to share
*You can't buy beer from a supermarket
*Parking is generally free, but you pay someone not to steal your car

*The roads have no rules (practically)

*Selling things at traffic lights is normal eg. bin liners, feather dusters, giant inflatable hammers ;)

*People cross highways (at their own risk)

*Some of the highways in Cape Town have extra bits sticking out where the motorway just drops off (not sure if this was misjudgement in linking the roads or due to not enough money to finsh them!)

Here are some crazy pictures (when we were quick enough!)

dude crossing highway- crazy fool!

packed car at 120kph!

Sign at Knysna heads

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