Swaziland

17 Apr. 09

Yesterday one of our clients was followed from the bank and robbed at gunpoint at his office in the business park. Last night two other clients had someone break in to their premises one whilst they where at home and asleep, and yet another client had someone attempt to break open their gate. Lovely country we live in, very safe. Funny thing about eye witness statements, five people five different colour and different type cars used in the armed robbery. Go figure.

Going for a day sail on Saturday and looking forward to it, need to have a change of environment after dealing with all the problems.


20 Apr. 09

Went for a day sail on Saturday in the morning. At first there was no wind so we motored out of the marina and went into the shallows at Bayshore and scrubbed the boat clean. Then the wind picked up just as we were finished and we sailed out of the bay and some distance up the Wilge river side of the dam. By the time we got back it was dark about 19h30 but it was great conditions and another amazing sail.

29 Apr. 09
My brother’s daughter Jeanine got married this weekend in Swaziland and we went for the weekend. We booked into Piggs peak casino and hotel on Friday afternoon and the wedding was held on Saturday in a marquee on a bowling green. The actual wedding ceremony was great for a change not the same traditional vows but not corny either, and the view of the mountains was spectacular in front of the wedding. Swaziland is about 380 km from our house and we drove down in a rental car that we rented from Avis in Isando. We opted for a rental because we were told that we need registration papers for our car in order to cross the border. Avis failed to supply these papers and Lola was panic struck all the way. I am not sure what she thought was going to happen at the border crossing maybe she thought we would be incarcerated and held forever in a prison cell in Swaziland. We crossed the border and no body even asked for the papers, could have taken our own car and saved the rental fees. April has so many long weekends and its great for going away but really bad for the budget also very expensive for the business due to all the overtime pay.