Tag: bus
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Day-time travel
Travel is always invigorating, if occassionally somewhat exhausting. Long-distance buses can be particularly exhausting. I also find them frustrating. I love buses. They’re a great way to see the world. Sadly, buses service in South Africa is limited. Although there are several bus lines, they all seem to run services only at night. Nights are…
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Somerset West Welcome
6:30am. The bus stop in Swellendam. It’s far too early after a broken night’s travel-sleep but it’s light and the day is fresh. Two little brown birds greet us, hop-hopping along the edge of the N2. Passengers get off and walk around. I stay in my warm, comfortable seat and enjoy the morning world through…
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Leaving the Border
How many times have I travelled this road? How many times in the last few months? As I set off again in a bus across the Eastern Cape, I feel that familiar sense of insecurity. I wonder sometimes if all wanderers, all those who travels without fixed abode, experience this strange sensation. It isn’t necessarily…