Near Swellendam, South Africa
February 6th, 2009
With news of my British citizenship ceremony invitation for the 10th of February, we postponed our departure from South Africa by a couple of weeks and joined friends for a music festival, Up the Creek. As Glastonbury regulars and big fans of outdoor festivals we were looking forward to it. Being unemployed meant that we volunteered to set up camp ahead of the arrival of others. We left Cape Town around one thirty, to arrive just as the gates opened at four. Unfortunately we were unaware of the vast road works going on and didn’t arrive until about five. Luckily there was still enough area left to set up a group of six tents. Shortly after we arrived so did Will and John, two of our fellow campers. Setting up tents in rapid succession, we were able to enjoy a Savannah or two before the others arrived.
It was a brilliant weekend, with brilliant company. There are two stage areas- one main and one secondary, food stands including the best pizza ever and caramel coated ice cream, and a few standard festival shops filled with cleverly sloganed t-shirts, colourfully printed skirts and fun hats. The best thing about the weekend besides meeting and spending time with some amazing people (thanks Tammy, Georgia, Patrick, Arie, John, Will, Lindy, Piet, and Mia), was the creek. A few meters away from the main events, there is a creek where people are encouraged to swim and cool down, and float on lilos. Bringing two specially purchased silver lilos from Game was basically the best idea ever. Floating along the creek was fantastic. I think the next time we go to Glastonbury we will need to take lilos, not for the creek but for the mud.
2 comments:
You forgot to mention Bubbles.
Shame.
and the big fry up breakfast, and the incredible sperm whale tongue, and the biggest zambezi shark spotted 5 km upriver, and wonderboooooooom, ...... and what was that creamy firewater ari?
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