Today we had a half day trip to Pretoria which is the capital of SA. We heard a lot of history re the various wars between the British, Boers, Zulus, etc. Very interesting. Also found out that 93% of SA's electricity is generated by coal and the rest by nuclear power ( one plant).
The sides of the streets are lined with various stalls such as we've seen in many other countries. Everywhere it seems to be clean.
We had the afternoon to ourselves again then tonite had an African meal which was a little different from our way. We had some tasteless white stuff with a hot sauce on it, yellow tail fish, kalamari, hummus, lamb, salad and a normal dessert of choc cake, ice cream and fresh fruit. There was a drumming demonstration.
This is a cell phone tower on an artficial pole and disguised to look like a pine tree. We saw another which looked like a palm tree. The citizens of one city were quoted in the paper as being very unhappy with having it by their homes or children's schools. Also thought it was ugly.I found it an interesting concept.
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