The more things change...

January 17, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

The more they stay the same. Bethlehem is unrecognizable as the same town we travelled through 60 years ago, and Clarens is now a tourist trap instead of a little Vrystaat dorp.
But the Escarpment is still there, as is the Ship Rock (proper name the Titanic 'cos Clarens became a town in 1912) and the poplar trees have almost taken over.
I think the little box is the old Police Station where Dolfie and I had to beg for petrol on a Sunday in about 1985.Read more