Odds and Ends of South Africa

As we would be out and about going from one place to another, we never cease to be amazed at the interesting sights that are everywhere.  We always have our camera with us to catch some of these sights and moments.

Real live tractors pulling trailers with the trash that they pick up from the sides of the streets. 

Loaded and off they go for another stop.

They will empty large dumpsters like this one.  In many of the areas, if they don't have a dumpster, the people just set their garbage bags on the side of the road waiting for pick up.  As you can see, not all of the garbage is bagged.  This is the sort of thing you will see along the streets everywhere.  Some places are worse than others.  We feel sad when we see this beautiful country littered with discarded cans, bottles, and take away containers all along the sides of the roads.  In the next few feet there will be a sign that says, "No Littering".  But you rarely see trash bins nearby to put the garbage in.

This is a familiar sight.  trailers unloading things in front of stores. 

No these aren't animals!  They are workers being hauled to the job for the day!

Nothing like packing them in tight!

There are taxies everywhere you go.

The bakery area of the store has lots of delicious looking baked goods.

We have found that they always look better than they taste!

There are a lot of pumpkins and squash that are readily available/

More choices of baked goods!

These are muffins with another muffin cut in half and set to look like a butterfly.

At every intersection you see people with goods for sale.

They're always so loaded down, I don't know how they make change for a sale!

This is a display at one of the rest areas at Kruger Park, with information about some of the animals.

Even the dirt areas are well taken care of.  They sweep or rake the dirt areas every day.

 This is one of the many sidewalk shops where people sell their wares. 

These are bags of potatoes and onions.

You can see by the roof that these shops are very crudely constructed.  But it serves the purpose of keeping the rain and sun off from them while they do their selling.

We can't forget my beautiful hibuscus that adorns the sidewalk to our front door.

Simba does a good job of advertising his chips.

Termite wings anyone?

This was the aftermath of a swarm of termites at our porch one night.

They swarmed toward our porch light.  When we came out to go to church, 

we had to sweep before we could even walk to the car.  These were just some of the piles.

These are some of the beautiful hillsides that we experience as we drive to our different areas.

Coming back from Lydenburg, which has an elevation of 7000 feet, 

we saw low clouds sitting on top of the hill.

Sunset and clouds on top of the mountain side of pine trees.

Extremely beautiful sunset and clouds.

On our drive through the pass we came across a hillside where someone had taken the time to 

arrange rocks to spell out the word "Jesus".  It could be seen way across the valley.

What a perfect way to end the day.  It was well worth the two hour drive each way, to deliver our Christmas goodies to our Branch President and his first counselor!