road trip
little cousins secure in their car seats
car sick kit on the seat between them
excited to be spending this time together
and seeing their grandparents
snacks packed
and we are off
it’s a beautifully sunny winter’s day
not long after we leave the city
we are driving through picturesque landscape
arid but alluring
skeletons of trees
brown and copper hues
pastoral
glistening windmills
countless cows so languid they appear as statues
sheep, horses and ostriches
and a baby monkey i almost hit
enveloped by mountains silhouetted against blue skies
with candyfloss clouds
“is this the drakensberg mountains?” the cousins say on repeat
the majestic sterkfontein dam
trucks transporting goods between the two metropolises
little known towns such as sarclet
sandwiches at a family restaurant at the rest stop
locals selling animal figurines moulded from clay
and some selling whips
who are these tourists who buy whips and why?
our little boy wanting one just like indiana jones
and finally reaching our destination
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