sigh. this was what i got when i told people i'd be gone from the face of malaysia for 3 weeks. people always assume that any country on the continent of africa is either "hot, VERY hot", "omg, dont let the elephants trample you!" or "aiya, nanti you become dark how? use SK-II ya?". also not forgetting the part where you people think that the africans there are constantly starving.

hehehe... well, maybe some african countries are really like that, but south africa certainly isnt. on second thought, maybe some parts are. okay... maybe i should stop contradicting myself, what say you? but i'm sure every country has it 'dark' sides. lol. but really, the places i visited were bliss.

but things kinda started off badly. the original plan was to fly to cape town and take the Shongololo Express from there to jo'burg. we'd be stopping at places maybe for a day or two and then get back on board to proceed to the next destination. the train would have been our hotel. my mum thought it would have been a great idea as we'd be saving time because the train would be moving to our next destination while we were sleeping. it beats the conventional way as you'd have to travel by van constantly wherever you wanted to go... which means wasting time slogging away inside.

anyway, we were to be in cape town for two days before boarding the train. but who knew, that on the second day we would receive a call from the train representatives, saying that it had been cancelled (stupid train. later, we found out that the last trip had been cancelled as well. dumb money-mongering freaks. we did get a refund though). everyone was in shock, esp my mum and my brother #2(he cried; lol). she was the one who did all the planning(supermum) and now the whole itinerary for our trip had been killed off. she was kinda at her wit's end. my dad didnt know what to do because he left everything to my mum. well, my mum being supermum, managed draw up another brand new plan.

maybe i'll continue next time. like, we were there for 3 weeks. i wonder how many entries this whole trip will take up. lol