The Big Pineapple plantation
OK, its hokie. A lot of South Africa reminds me of trvelling when I was a kid with my parents (in the 60s and 70s) and stopping at these roadside attractions. At the pineapple plantation, they had built the world’s biggest pineapple to serve as the gift shop and farm lookout. Fortunately, it was closed for the election!
Water’s Meeting Lookout. We went to hike here at Water’s Meeting Reserve. But due to the election holiday, there was no park supervision, but it was open. We decided not to do the hike. It was far from the beaten track and security entered our mind. The lookout was amazing – see photo.
We drove to an 1820s-founded community Bathurst. Its claim to fame is the original pub (and heritage hotel), the Pig and Whistle. Now add a liquor store and several local artists’ boutiques, a dozen or so street beggars and you have the picture, 200 years later.
43 Flying School
We had a tour of this amazing flying school on the old 43rd Air Squadron air force base. In 9-12 months, students go from novices to commercial tranport qualified pilots for just AR450,000! We had a fantastic instructor guide (Ryan) who took us through the whole process and invited us into the simulators and pipers. I am sure, the kids left the school intent on being pilots one day. We were thinking of Warren Fisher, our friend back home that is pursuing his dream of becoming an airline pilot.
In the South African election, it looks like a return of ANC to power, again without a constitutional 66% majority (although final results won’t be known for a week or so)
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