its been a while since i have updated this veritable tome of information on living in the transkei. the main reason for this is the death of my much loved computer due to total motherboard failure. the mourning period was short since in the world of technology, as in the world of relationships, one is often on the look out for the next best thing. my new laptop is on its way to me now and wields more power than most european principalities.
until then i present to you the above photo. if you decide to click on it you will find that it is not my usual low quality, easy upload photo but a full sized jpeg begging you to zoom in and have a closer look. taken in the town of Kei river mouth it shows high density suburban weaver housing. i think it is very impressive. the fronds of the palm tree have been stripped fibre by fibre and turned into very fashionable nests. almost every single frond is occupied except those at the very top which appear to be too vertical to build on. why this tree and not another? who knows? i asked the one weaver and he told me i should ask his wife. his wife told me that she had once lived on the other side of the river but there were soooo many darkies and she just cant stand darkies. the mind boggles.
tallyho!
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