Almost ten years ago when I arrived back in South Africa after being in the states for nine months I stayed in Joburg with my dad for two weeks before coming home to Port Elizabeth. I remember thinking at the time that every South African should live there for at least a little while in their lives. Kind of like how Americans feel like you should live in New York just long enough for you to not turn into a New Yorker.
I have changed my mind!
Not a damn will I EVER live there. And not because of the crime or any of the million other arguments that people will generally throw at you.
This morning I drank a cup of coffee, a shake AND a cup of tea before jumping into the car for the “long” haul between Lorraine and Central. HAHA!!! By the time we turned from Willow Road onto William Moffet I needed to pee – oh dear god i needed to pee!!! The longest half hour OF MY LIFE eventually came to an end after a pit stop at MacDonald’s.
Now how the HELL do you deal with that when you’re stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic?
The whole time I kept thinking “Thank God I don’t live in Joburg! Thank God I don’t live in Joburg!!”
Now of only i didn’t have a MacDonald’s craving….
Gotta say it – move into the middle of town – Mill Park, Linkside, Greenacres, Parsons HIll, Central etc. and you will literally be in a SUB 10 MINUTE area from everything – how cool is that?
It’s not only JHB, Durbs and CT are exactly the same…
One of the bonuses of being in PE. And to think i get frustrated with a sub 30 minute drive from Sherwood in peak traffic.
Whenever I do though, I think of the 2hr drives from Durban North to Durban Centre which are about the same distance apart as Sherwood and Greenacres.
*sigh*
I *heart* PE