Day 11 - Bus Ride to Visit Maddie

 The bus ride was survived, and I am safe in Maddie's house.

At the start of the 17 hour bus ride, there was a traffic accident right next to the bus. Very exciting.

The bus seats 60, and we only had 45, so I had two seats to myself. Nobody wanted to sit next to the grumpy, old, white man. I was the only white guy on the whole bus. The rest of the passengers were black, but from the middle class. Rich enough to go on holiday to the coast, but not rich enough to fly.

South African politics lately has been focusing on the incompetence of the ruling party and the failure of the electricity generation department of the government to supply power to all of South Africa. We have "load shedding" a few times a day. Black outs in order to not exceed the power plants capacity.

When the bus pulled out of the one station last night, the engine died, and all the lights went out. As the driver was restarting the engine the comments came quick from the passengers.
"Load Shedding!"
"President Zuma must be driving."
"That means this bus is going to Zimbabwe because Zuma is taking this whole country there."

Quite an open display of being upset at the current government.

My back bothered me, and I have taken too many anti inflammatory, and pain pills.
Hopefully a few days rest will fix it.

Maddie wants to go shopping tomorrow for super health food. I want to start detox, and healthy eating. Maybe that is like closing the barn door after the horse has left. If a lot of healthy eating helps me a lot, then a little bit, should help a little bit.