We've spent the last three nights in Springbok, enjoying the generous hospitality of Marizanne, the sister of a former colleague at lastminute.com. As we drove further west from Augrabie the treeless plains gave way to rubble-like rock mounds and rocky hills. The town of Springbok is wedged between two of these rocky hills. Once known for its copper mines, Namaqualand is now better known for its spring flowers and although we were at the end of the season, the roadsides were still blanketed with vibrant purple, orange and yellow daisies.
After taking care of weeks of laundry, we took a drive from Marizanne's farm up to Nababeep and the mining museum there, which impressed me by being both free and open on a Sunday. We were invited to a traditional South African braii with the neighbours, Elaine and Ronnie for dinner on Sunday night.
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