Comments on: A VERY rough trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town

By: martin

martin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:26:26 +0000

Oh my goodness, what a story… I would have freaked in the rain at that car place! I would have definetely been feeling very sorry for myself.

By: Gert K Nielsen

Gert K Nielsen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:54 +0000

Nice to learn something while reading something funny (sorry).

The Audi-trick was a new one. Step the brakes to drive - huh. The door-trick sounds like a common european way to do doors. And the fire blanket is the blanket you would use to put over a fire to put it out when it runs out of oxygen. Not that you would need a fire blanket in your condition - I’m sure you were so wet you couldn’t catch fire even if you went into a fireplace.

By: Jann

Jann — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:24:04 +0000

I thought you were referencing “Desperado” there, too.

By: Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:36:08 +0000

As I’ve said before, this would make a heckva travel article for any newspaper or magazine. (Lots better, in fact, than the tepid and predictably upbeat lede travel piece in my local newspaper today.) Yours is a story people WANT to read.