Nelspruit alone boasts numerous shopping malls which are just like Australia's - clean, beautiful, and full of shops (funny that) - so much so that I was tempted to take photos of them (that's when I realised how long I've been in Africa for!). The only way for me to get back in the afternoon, however, was to take a mini bus from the local shopping mall - otherwise I would've had to take a coach back at midday. So I grabbed a taxi to the shopping mall, located about 5-10 minutes from the beautiful new "Riverside" shopping mall where I watched Star Wars.
I could've sworn I was in a different country.
Hundreds of cramped mini buses - just like in Mozambique - greeted me - the only difference was, there were signs saying where they were going.
My favourite? The pay toilet? 10c to go ... includes 4 sheets of toilet paper (that's what they lady in this photo is distributing) ...
Traders and outdoor payphone shops - what dominated the ailing streets of Zimbabwe - were also there.
South Africa. What a place of contrasts! (Try saying that in an Afrikaans accent ...)
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