Saturday was the start of the long journey back to the UK. It started with a 20 hour coach journey back to Cape Town and then a 15 hour plane ride back to the UK. Not only that but I learn the weather is 6 degrees C in the UK and it is 30 degrees C in Port St John.
Not only are there extremes in temperature but as I travel back to the western world I become consious of the extremes of wealth and poverty in South Africa. In Port St John people of living on 5 rand a day which is about 35p. A teacher in the school in Sisonke is paid 1000 rand a month or £74. Admittedly the cost of living is a lot cheaper and life is more laid back in this part of the world. However walking through the tourist spots of Cape Town I am suddenly aware of the number of white faces snapping up pictures of Table Mountain. In the harbour is the cruise ship "The World." How many of those passengers will experience the real South Africa?
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