Remember that I do not post in real time for safety reasons, and that I already entered South Africa weeks ago.
I was on my own again and it felt so damn good. Even though I came to visit my three ladies (Nadja, Fleur and Jojo) camping on my way to Cape Town, I was so happy to be alone with Rafiki.
I actually see many European overlanders traveling together for a long period of time, and this does not appeal to me, at all. I think I’m too used to my own company and independence that I’m not feeling comfortable sharing the road.
When I’m solo, I get to meet and to interact with locals better, without any frame of reference, and I love these neutral situations. Plus, deaf silence is the motor of my imagination, deepest thoughts, understanding, and it helps me to process everything I get to see every day.
As mentioned in my stories, South Africa carries a very bad safety reputation. And every time I tell the locals about the solo expedition, they seem extremely worried for me. I probably receive a ‘be safe’ message every 15 minutes, I swear.
I’ve already crossed South Africa in 2020, from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Today, I’m going to explore it the other way around, including Lesotho.
I do not want to be influenced by anything nor anyone. I want to cross the whole country of RSA, to keep my heart, my mind, and my eyes wide open.
Yes, I’m a woman, young (but seriously getting old too!), traveling solo, with sometimes the wrong colour, but I need to understand. I want to understand…the incomprehensible. I’m more than convinced that South Africa could be the most fascinating country in the world. Its resources, diversities, cultures, wildlife are unbelievably unique, exceptional and rich.
But hate decided to sabotage everything. I know this can be solved. Call me utopist or crazy or maybe naïve, you will never change the hope I have for this country.
Now, please, let me show you South Africa through my eyes…
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