On Location

This is the first time I’ve actually ventured out and written an entry on location. Have some work to do, but instead of sitting at home cooped up inside, I figured it would be a cool idea to take my work outside with me. I’m currently sitting in Camps Bay and enjoying the sun’s surprise visit, with not a cloud in sight. Although the wind and the air are still rather fresh; this is the closest we’ve gotten to summer in a while…

Just an observation but while driving around today, the streets of Cape Town seem rather quiet. I then realized that it’s probably due to the fact that there are so many festivals going around in the country at the moment. Besides the Billabong Pro in J-Bay, the Knysna Oyster Festival and the Grahamstown Arts festival are both going down as well.

After having travelled around the country as much as I did last year, I’m pretty happy to just relax and stay home in good ol’ Cape Town. Strangely enough; all three towns that I mentioned earlier are in some way, very much associated with hippies.

J-Bay back in the day was a hippie commune, and the first communities which started there, consisted a bunch of hippie surfers. Back in those days girls would apparently run away from their homes to hook up and live with the hippie surfers to experience the “Only a surfer knows the feeling” lifestyle.

Without going into too much explanation; the over abundant, presence of tie-dyed t-shirts and a strange aroma that lurks in the streets of G-Town and Kynsna, these clearly are evidence enough that there is some sordid history of hippism in these towns too. Not that I have anything against hippies of course and am all for the “Make love! Not war!” mentality.

Actually I just realized that the Grahams Arts Festival finished last week...ummm but I guess it doesn't break my theory of quiet streets seeing as how "the air" there makes people a lot slower and somehow manages to stop time. Err rranyways where was I...ummm whatever...Peace.