Another world, Living in South Africa!! (1)

There are always 2 sides to a coin and it is no different in this part of the world.

We are blessed with fantastic weather on the west coast, Durban being my nearest major city which is 120 kilometres away. Our roads are very spacious but in pretty poor condition, except for the motorways, these are normally kept in pretty good condition as we have numerous toll gates and the money is used to upgrade them on a regular basis. Secondary roads on the other hand have detiorated badly over the years and potholes are everywhere and although they do eventually get repaired, they invariably need repairing again due to tenders often being given to inexperienced company's who are not necessarily experienced in roadworks,
but have the connections to win the tenders. To give an example recently a tender was awarded to a caterer to do verge and grass cutting in our area......she just happened to be a family member of one of the local councillors. Needless to say our area is not always the prettiest site on the planet and verges tend to only be attended to just before major holidays.
On the other hand we have magnificent weather all year long, when even in winter you rarely have to be wearing anything more than a T shirt and shorts. It seldom rains in winter. We have beautiful sandy beaches, Mountains, huge game reserves and amazing scenery.