Johannesburg - Ladysmith

This morning we left our accommodation in Boksburg again and started driving towards Pietermaritzburg since we knew High Court would be open there. Since the drive from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg is a bit long to do in one day we booked one night in Ladysmith in KwaZulu Natal. It had been raining heavily all day and the day before there even had been some flash floods. We came past a bad accident on the highway but thankfully we managed to arrive safely in Ladysmith. Here we were welcomed by a (too) enthusiastic dog that immediately started jumping up to the car and to us and made everything muddy. It is a really cute dog but a bit much and we unfortunately had to tell the owner that as well because the dog did lightly scratch the rental car with his nails. But for the owner this was his first time as a host on Airbnb and we were his first guests so he only appreciated the feedback and was going to think of a solution for future guests with his too enthusiastic dog, probably a friend for him to play with because all the dog wanted to do was play with us. We definitely felt welcome in his house and the room was perfect. Our host, Simphiwe is a chef as well so he had a very well equipped kitchen which he allowed us to use as well. After a nice meal and a cup of coffee and tea we had some fun with the Christmas sweets we got from Santa in Kestell of which one of them gave us a very blue mouth 😂 The evening ended great with receiving a reply from one of the many attorneys in Pietermaritzburg that we emailed saying that he would be more than willing to help us and immediately suggested to meet us on the 28th. This really gives hope we can all get it sorted out in time, another step closer to doing the visa application! 😀Read more