OK, we’ve done our part (again) to clean up the beach! The Dana Bay event is at 2:00 p.m. today, but Marita and Laird have to watch the Springboks vs. the All-Blacks (New Zealand), which have won the last TWO rugby world cups. Marita wasn’t sure whether she would be hooting like a mad woman in celebration or downing a six-pack in despair, but we all decided it was better to go do our part this morning. (Update at 14:30 … the Springboks lost 23-13 on the back of some inappropriate kicks by Steph Du Toit and a couple of breakdowns in the defense. There were a couple of injuries to key players, which is not good news for future games.) Plus at 2:00 it’s going to be hot. We did OK, but, really, the Dana Bay beaches aren’t very littered (well, except for cigarette butts) because municipal workers clean them every week. But, I got an old t-shirt, several coke bottles, a big can and some other stuff and Laird even got an old jacket among his stuff, and several broken bottles — not a good feature on a beach..
Yesterday, we went to George because Marita wanted some shwe shwe for serviettes to go with her Nigerian cloth tablecloth and I wanted more Nigerian cloth to make shades for my bathroom. It took us FIVE tries to find the place: first was the GPS on the phone (which almost doesn’t count because we decided early on that it was wrong), then directions from someone at the tourist information place, then calling Noekie, then back to the information place and finally, in semi-defeat, we went to Fat Fish for lunch along with clearer directions. Laird and I were so happy to get some sushi; it was wonderfully, wonderfully fresh. I had kingklip, a dense white fish that I’m not sure we have as an other-named fish. It is quite delicious; Laird had a poke bowl, with more tuna and Marita had what she said was the best fish in fish and chips that she has had in a very long time. Yea for us on the lunch front! FINALLY, we found Jackson’s, the fabric store. — only Fat Fish folks told us we had to go through a sort of mall “alley” to get to it. And damn if they weren’t out of the fabric I wanted — bummer. But Marita got a lovely shwe shwe pattern for serviettes.
Laird is working on pictures, so I’ll post some while he’s with Marita watching rugby. Words fail me when trying to describe how much I HATE watching sports! Beach-cleanly yours, jm and lg
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