I believe I can fly

Some quotes from South Africa

"It's good to wind up the racist Afrikaners"

"Who would win in a fight between Chuck Norris and a honey badger?"

"That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I'm bored now, let's move on"

"What's that animal on the road ahead?"
"It's a zebra crossing"

"There was a monkey watching me in the shower"

"I'm jealous of you guys, you've done more in five days than I have in 4 weeks"

"Make sure you wear a bulletproof vest"

"I used to be a missionary, but now I just fool around with my bushbaby"

"It's tursday the tirteent of the turd today"

"How much meat is there in the oysters?"

"Oh no, I've run out of underwear, I might have to go kamikaze tomorrow"

"The man in the hat was circumcised yesterday"

"What time is it?"
"Beer o'clock"

Dish of the day

Some culinary highlights from the last three weeks. Difficult to be accurate, but I think I did at least 18 types of meat and 10 types of seafood.


- Pretoria: Flaming hot Mozambican beef

- Blyde River Canyon: Seafood salad (crab, prawn, squid) followed by roast pork

- Oliphant's, Kruger Park: Kudu and steenbok biltong

- Lower Sabie, Kruger Park: Chicken & lamb braai

- Shewula, Swaziland: Leftover braai meat for breakfast

- Sondzela, Swaziland: Peanut chicken with squash and cabbage

- St Lucia: Crocodile curry

- Durban: Tuna sashimi followed by springbok steak

- Sani Pass: Chicken, beef and corn-on-the-cob braai

- Port Elizabeth: Fish chowder followed by fillet steak pizzaiola

- Jeffrey's Bay: Mutton bunny chow

- Tsitsikamma: Seafood medley (mussels, kingclip, oysters, squid, prawns)

- Knysna: Venison carpaccio followed by crayfish salad

- Wilderness: Warthog carpaccio followed by ostrich steak

- Oudtshoorn: Caviar pancakes followed by quails

- Stellenbosch: Peri-peri chicken liver, snails and dorado fillet

- Franschhoek: Braised rabbit

- Cape Town: Smoked kudu followed by wildebeest steak with foie gras

- Cape Town: King prawns followed by eland and impala

- Cape Town: Tandoori mushroom followed by lamb karahi

- Cape Town: Farewell braai - ostrich, beef and chicken

- Cape Town: Leftover ostrich with blue cheese and port for brunch


Right, I'm cooking something vegetarian tonight.

That must've been a good night

Just found an old Sainsbury's receipt from last summer. Gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Pinot Grigio x 2
Castillo de Calatra x 2
Chalky's Bite x 2
Old Bob
Bombardier
Bishop's Finger
Fiddler's Elbow
Bombardier Gold
Merrydown Cider
Erdinger Weißbier
White Wych
Hen's Tooth

Oh, and some Kettle Chips to line the stomach. Would've been foolish otherwise.