The Gods Still Must be Crazy or Africa by Toto is still a classic

For those not aware, the movie The Gods Must be Crazy was filmed in South Africa. Coca Cola is still very delicious and awe-inspiring as well.

How N!xau didn't win an oscar I'll never know

Speaking of "as well". South Africans have a funny dialect when it comes to this phrase; They seem to put the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble. They prefer saying AS well unlike the rest of the worlds as Well. Guess you kinda have to be here. Anyway, other fun Afrikaans stuff: v's are pronounced like f’s, d’s are pronounced like t’s, and they loooooove putting vowels together (i.e. Boukenhoutskloof, Mooiplaas…two wineries btw).

Here his name would be spelled Baabbii Vlei

And for those needing that Toto fix:

On a completely separate note: I don’t think my Zimbabwe investments are doing too well…unless I invested 10 googol (the correct spelling thank you, go ahead and look it up on google...whoa) Zimbabwe dollars. Even then I think it’s just like 20 bucks. With the Euro dropping I thought the Z dollar was due!

Yes that is a 25 billion Zimbabwe dollar note...there was also a trillion dollar one.

As for myself, I am done working (and there was much rejoicing) and have been busy going to many a South African winery. Current count is at 53 visited as of May 3^rd. Here’s my list of South African wines that are really really really good:

Rust en Vrede – Single Vineyard Syrah

Le Riche – Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Jordan – Nine Yards Chardonnay

Luddite – Shiraz

Klein Constantia – Vin de Constance

Beaumont – Hope Marguerite Chenin blanc

Boekenhoutskloof – The Chocolate Block

Ken Forrester – Reserve Chenin blanc

Rustenberg – Five Soldiers

Simonsig – Red Hill Pinotage

Up next is South African Roadtrip 2012 or in Afrikaans: Lekker Rooadtriip 2oo12. Trip entails stops in: Jeffreys Bay, Cintsa, Coffee Bay, Hogsback, Addo, and Oudtshorn. Sidenote: Hogsback is supposedly where Tolkien got his idea of the shire, land of the hobbits, my feet are kinda hairy so I should feel right at home. Feel free to google some of these spots and become jealous.

Me and you Frodo

Anyways, at my current rate, my next blog will occur in 2013…so enjoy patiently.

Here's a cool photo:

Click for larger image. This is driving round Chapmans peak.