A Serious Unfortunate Event
Iza and I recently experienced a nasty little instance of South African crime. The good thing is that we are ok. (That outcome was not guaranteed.) The bad thing is that our valuables, including passports, are gone.
This somewhat distorts the rest of our holiday, which will now be centred around the fun of attempting to secure 3 emergency travel documents, each for a different nationality, in the space of 3 working days. We'll continue to make the best of our time here - the incident was nothing if not a lesson in the impermanence of things and the significance of living the moment - but there will be a knock-on effect on some plans.
Kirstenbosch on Saturday the 31st, as announced here, will not be happening. I will email everyone who responded to ensure they're aware.
I still have my UK phone. I also have the temporary SA phone with the number given at the end of that same post.
If I have made any sort of plans with you, I'll be in touch, hopefully later this evening. Some things will change to "don't know, might contact you at the last minute to see if you're free".
The unwelcome adventure occurred a few days ago. We've spent the time since then dealing with practicalities, and chilling in Knysna with my family. Happily, we had a thoroughly enjoyable xmas, and I do hope you did too.
This somewhat distorts the rest of our holiday, which will now be centred around the fun of attempting to secure 3 emergency travel documents, each for a different nationality, in the space of 3 working days. We'll continue to make the best of our time here - the incident was nothing if not a lesson in the impermanence of things and the significance of living the moment - but there will be a knock-on effect on some plans.
Kirstenbosch on Saturday the 31st, as announced here, will not be happening. I will email everyone who responded to ensure they're aware.
I still have my UK phone. I also have the temporary SA phone with the number given at the end of that same post.
If I have made any sort of plans with you, I'll be in touch, hopefully later this evening. Some things will change to "don't know, might contact you at the last minute to see if you're free".
The unwelcome adventure occurred a few days ago. We've spent the time since then dealing with practicalities, and chilling in Knysna with my family. Happily, we had a thoroughly enjoyable xmas, and I do hope you did too.