What date is it?
What day is it, even?
The post-Christmas limbo period is a real thing. The rush and excitement of “the big day” over and done with, but still with that holiday feeling in the air, and summer in full swing.
What do you do?
Well, we are going to go to Cape Agulhas. Yes, it’ll be jam-packed with Vaalies…
But there are over 30,000 tourists visiting throughout Christmas and New Year. They don’t care about the water restrictions, because their GP-registered
ChelseaRandburg tractor is near the sea, and will rust overnight if they don’t hose it down each evening. And so we literally run out of water some days.But remember that if you are a tourist, the place you’re visiting is completely yours and only yours for the duration of your stay. Never mind the other people visiting, and certainly don’t worry about the local residents – they’re just there for you to use and abuse as you wish.
…but it will still be Cape Agulhas.
And a short break away from the madness of Cape Town and deep into the madness of Cape Agulhas will do very nicely, thank you very much.
Because it is all relative. A frustrating traffic jam in Cape Town is 5km and an hour long. In Agulhas, it’s just a bit irritating to be behind someone else at a stop street.
I still prefer it in winter, when there’s just us and a roaring fire.
So I’ll do it all again then.