The Dalai Lama was invited to partake in the 2010 World Cup Peace Conference in Johannesburg but was denied a visa; the event was postponed. It’s quite ironic that this happened shortly after we celebrated Human Rights Day… and here I thought human rights are universal, silly me! Better luck next time!
The Epic course designer goes by the name of “Dr.Evil” and aptly so because he does evil things! Today we were about 3km from home (we could see the town it was so close) and Dr. Evil took us off the relaxing district road that we were meandering along and sent us up the mountain..and up..and up some more..and then down…and then up some more. Needless to say I thought of a lot more descriptive names than “Dr.Evil“.
We were on the bike for 7 hours today and up until the last 3km, we loved every minute. Thereafter we cursed a bit.
Eish… the leaders got a one hour time penalty today and won’t even make a podium finish… bummer!
I had a little fall today, was actually quite funny. I had just come out of the water stop and the premium package hosts (all varsity students) were shouting our names, “Go Jeremyyyyyyyy, go Louiseeeeee, woooo hoooooo”. I got terribly excited by their cheering and then to add to the excitment, I had a packet of Jelly Tots in the other hand waiting to be devoured and before I knew it I had lost my concentration and crashed into another cyclist who had stopped on the side of the road. Doh! It was worth it though.
Anyway, we’re over the “hump” of the Epic, 4 days down and 3 to go! And I have no chafe.
Us at the start.
Varsity students cheering for us. This is when I got a little excited.
Up we go again.
Cursing Dr. Evil.
South Africa offers many small towns where often you can buy a house for a bargain. South Africans are very family orientated so pitching a tent in their parents’ back garden once they are happily married would be a definite option, sometimes it’s the only affordable option!
They shouldn’t feel that they are not Welkom anywhere else in SA but they should consider that they may make an Aasfontein out of themselves if they make the wrong move especially if it’s just because they find a Poffadder in the garden. As long as there is a lot of Saamwerk in the community, it should be a good sign that they have not made a mistake. You will definitely have an Amajola once there is plenty of Stinkwater being served. There is also the other option of moving to Stoffelshoek where you might have all the Oranje sunsets that you could wish for, the only problem may be that no one may find you there!
Happy House Hunting!
