Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Simonstaad part 2

Funny how plans change in a hurry. I'm still here about to go on a walk up to a waterfall which should be fantastic cause it rained the past few days so lotta water flowing through. Last night I saw possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen. kinda inside joke but for all of you who have seen the video of the fat guy dancing and singing along to that Numa numa ye song. I saw a fat lady in the pub dancing in the exact same manner. Well if you had seen it you would've laughed too. So instead of going to hermanus I'm going straight to Wilderness. Everyone I've talked to said that hermanus is great when the whales are passing through but that is not anytime soon. The social situation here is pretty strange, what I mean by that is that more often than not black people refer to me as Massa, and it's kinda creeping me out. It's almost like being submissive has been bred in. Just an observation. As far as my personal mental situation I'm doing much better I think I just needed a couple days to get on my feet. Okay a new thing I'm adding to this blog is the daily quote. In most hostels there is a wall or a room where people write things on the walls and some of them are pretty funny. So when I feel I have found a good one I will post it.

"Transvestites are men who like to eat, drink, and be Mary."
For those who have never seen them look up Springboks they're very cute and I want one as a pet. I was speaking with this couple from holland last night and we got to talking about scotch. The guy started talking about how we probably have never had the same kinds because they are out of my price range. So without saying a word I walked into my room and brought out a bottle nicer than the stuff he was drinking. His demeaner changed almost instantly. Ha, score one for me, arogant dutch. Let me have my little pleasures. So now i'm off to have more fun with my bank account.

8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The "Numa Numa" character that Walker is referring to is some poor devil who made a video of himself lip-synching to a song. This video got posted on the Internet and has become legendary. You can see it here: http://www.big-boys.com/articles/numanuma.html

Here is a photo of a springbok: http://www.southafrica-travel.net/Tiere/e_sprin.htm

And here is a link to the town of Wilderness, where Walker is headed: http://www.gardenroute.org/wilderness/

7:21 AM, May 18, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Walker,

I spoke with a dancer last night who spent 8 months traveling through Africa. She said if you have time you must go to Windhoek in Namibia. She said it's the coolest place she's ever been. Lonely Planet blurb here:
Namibia

9:27 AM, May 18, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't know why that link won't work but here is the address. Damn LP site.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/namibia/attractions.htm

9:31 AM, May 18, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mate,
hope you got my chain mail, repond to me and we can write one another personally. I am having a great tiem and It sounds .ike you are too. The crazy shock is hitting me t full force as well.
bests
"I'm normally a pretty fair guy, buit this heat is driving my absolutly crazy"

8:06 PM, May 18, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow - sounds like you're seeing some amazing things. Penguins just walking about?! Awesome. Keep the updates coming!
Corinne:)

11:28 PM, May 18, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Walker!
Glad to hear things are better for you there. When you said cute, I thought a springbok was a little animal. It looks like a full fleged deer! Anyhow, way to show that dutch guy. He obviously did not know you have good taste. I still working on checking out that Numa Numa video. I can only imagine from your describtion. Can't wait to hear more. Keep it real brotha!
-Sam

9:14 AM, May 19, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting observations, Walker. Must be disconcerting to encounter the subservience and the exploitative behavior. Makes one think about what conditions are necessary to bring about such behavior and what conditons could change it.

I can imagine that it makes you want to not interact with them. The problem is that it builds walls between you and them, which diminishes both your and their worlds. I wonder if it is possible to take a Buddhist approach of being fully mindful and fully present wherever you are. It is being open completely and cognizant of what is going on and being non-judgemental. Of course you need to take care of yourself, but it should be possible to do this AND be a benign and accepting presence. Some trial and error may be in order. xoxox

8:15 AM, May 20, 2005  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Walker,

There was a nice piece about Excaliber and Mr. R in the Sunday Daily Camera today. Illana's picture was the lead photo of the story. She looked great. Excal's last concert for the year is this Wed.

Summer feels like it has arrived. We are getting upper 80 degree temps here now.

How are things going? xoxox

8:40 PM, May 22, 2005  

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