We didn’t really take advantage of all the things that we could do here; although Johann & Susan enjoyed the casino. So we did go over to the bird aviary & the kids got the birds to eat out of their hands, took a look at the beautiful Gary Player golf course, played in the arcade. Rachel begged to go on a Segway tour, but we ran out of time. Just outside of Sun City, Rich did some more bargaining at a little curio market. I stayed in the car…I don’t know how he enjoys haggling like that! So we headed back to Johannesburg for a quick overnight stop and then we will fly down to Cape Town the next morning. But we did make a quick stop at a mall. Rachel had lots of fun shopping. They are starting to put out the spring/summer clothes. But it’s weird, they combine food stores with clothing stores. Woolworth’s which is a supermarket also has clothes at some of its stores and the malls have grocery stores in them as well. It looks like Pick’n’Pay, another supermarket, sells the same clothes that are found in Target. For dinner we went to a play called Spurs. It’s considered an ‘american’ steakhouse. It’s a lot of fun, especially for the kids. The wait staff, all dressed in green & gold (Bok’s colors!), does this 2 step kind of dance every ½ hour. We said it was Ryan’s birthday so they brought him dessert & sang to him! They also got their face painted in the kids play area.
On our way back from dinner, it was after 8pm & dark. We weren’t going far to get back to Johann & Susan’s house. They live in a very nice area called Northcliff. But it really startled me to see these men lying down in the middle of an intersection like they were waiting to get run over. I guess that this is a way to get a car to stop & then they can rob you or hijack your car. Very unsettling – lots of people run red lights at night & I can see why.
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