The Diary Game, 14/06/2022: The big move!

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Hi there!

As promised I’m back!

The last time I’ve put my thoughts to your pages it was all about the big pack. Today I’m going to tell you about the big move from Krugersdorp, Gauteng to Ballito in Kwazulu-Natal on the Eastern coast of South Africa.

This province is well known for its beautiful beaches, majestic mountains and sugar plantations. It is often refer to as “the garden province” because of its lush green plantations.

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The Province was previously known as “Natal”. When South Africa became a democratic country in 1994 it was changed to Kwazulu-Natal.
“Place of the Zulu’s” is the true meaning of “Kwazulu”. The Zulu’s are one of the ethnic groups in South Africa. In fact, it is also the largest.

Kwazulu-Natal is the province where we had the severe floods and landslides earlier in April this year which claimed the lives of nearly 500 people and destroyed more than 4,000 homes.

As part of my charity dream we are looking at bringing the Steemit WSP to South Africa. I will for sure be looking for ways in which to support the needy in this area.

Back to my day…

RISE AND SHINE

It was an early morning for me as I rise just after 2:00 am. It was my day for curating and I was determine to get it done. To my surprise my team members of the The7Up’s helped me by adding potential post to the schedule.

Dear Diary, they are the best!

After four hours on Steemit it was time to wake the family before the movers arrived.

I had just enough time to do my morning message to my Facebook page.

There is indeed a plan for all of us. I cannot wait to see what mine will be.

EARLY MORNING

I don’t think our coffee mugs were even cold when the movers stopped. What made the move tricky was the fact that we stayed on the top of the hill with the result that they couldn’t enter through our gates.
They had to park the truck in the street and from there they had to take a second and lighter vehicle to which they could load the goods and moved it to the truck.

I was convinced it was going to take hhhooouurrrsss but nope, it didn’t. Big was my surprise when they were all done and ready to leave at 11:00 am.

This was such a shocker as we still had to pack a few things and load our vehicle. We had family members who came to greet us and they all helped by packing and throwing things in the car. As for me, I was running between packing, my computer and the kitchen.

I at least made some time to pack us “padkos”.

Pad – road
Kos – food

Since I could remember my mother packed us eats for the road. She always said that should anything happened on the road we will at least have something to eat and drink.

How I miss my mom and it’s only been 3 days without her!

MOM’S TAXI IS ON THE MOVE

My car was filled or packed to the brim. I don’t think there was place for a mouse. Poor Divan found himself sitting between boxes and bags. We truly traveled the African style with the vehicle packed to the roof.

Now that I think about it, it could have been the best Discovery advert ever!

I can guarantee you, if we had a rooftop it would also have been packed as we left so many things behind which we just couldn’t take. At least I know that it will be taken to one of the NGOs in the area.

We just took off for the +/- 7 hours journey when we heard on the radio that the N3 highway we had to travel on was blocked by truckers and that the traffic was backed up for kilometers.

Just to give you an idea how bad it was, an estimate 8500 trucks travel on this road daily and total of 13,500 vehicles.

The strike was part of a National strike against companies employing foreign nationals. South Africa is one of the countries with the highest unemployment percentages but yet, they don’t want to work and when they posts are filled by others they get upset.

Will we ever understand the world we are living in?

Well mom, I’m sure that today was the day that my “padkos” will come in handy, a thought that crossed my mind.

We were so lucky that an hour before we got to the place where the road was blocked the police cleared it. There was terrible traffic but at least it was moving.

Mom’s taxi experienced something completely different today.

FROM DUSK TO DAWN

We traveled and traveled and traveled. The road was truly long. I could not even do some replies on Steemit due to the fact that we were travelling between the mountains and the signal was bad.

As we crossed the peak of the Drakensberg mountain it was so cold, only 12°C degrees and that in the afternoon.

As dawn approached we reached half way, always something to look forward to.

We arrived at our new home just before 21:00, stiff from the sit and dead tired but happy that we made it without any problems.
We got a glimpse of the ocean, the moon shining white on the water, from our balcony which made it all worth it.

Dear diary, as midnight approached I crawled into my bed with one thing in mind, a few hours rest before the movers arrives.

Ps. I forgot to tell you that I miss the engagement challenges!

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