Just smile and wave :)

Hey all :)

This is proof that we have to love Africa, we were here at the Backpackers today and had no electricity at all! There was no electricity in Cloveredene Benoni a part of the Johannesburg area, and we had 2 Germans 2 Danish 1 girl from Switzerland and 1 from Austria and just a bunch of overlanding tour guides. However everybody had allot of fun chatting and joking on the deck and some just sleeping the Jet Lag away!! I think the one that took no electricity the worst was ME!! Seeing that I work on the website the whole day every day it was very irritating not being able to work at all today! Well atleast I had good company and lots of laughs throughout the day.

So let me tell you why you have to love Africa. We phoned this morning at about 9:30 and reported the problem, the lady at the other end said that they are aware of the fact that there is no electricity in the area and that it should be sorted in approximately 3 hours. So we wait patiently for four hours not just three walking around the premises and deciding on the new driveway and en suite rooms soon to come(we bought the plot next to Mufasa backpackers).We called again at 2:30 and were told that it will be done in the next 30 minutes. Like you know it did not happen! Luckily we are from Africa so we started a fire and just cooked in the traditional African way! Chicken, potatoes veggies and salad all on the open fire and as always it was delicious! Just as the guest started eating the power went on again..Smiles all the way!

There is no time like African time. Thankfully I was born and raised here so its all cool just annoying at times but at least we always have a solution.

So that was my very productive day.....singing the smurfs song to the tourist and doing nothing.. Pfffttt please let it stay on now!!

Regards

Jana