Archives for September 2013

The Terror of Snakes

During the second year that we were in South Africa we finally found and moved to a house in Merrivale, a place not far from Howick, where there were green maize fields all around. Before this we had been living in a hotel. The dwelling wasn’t just an ordinary house but it was a “Rondavel”. […]

The Rabbits’ Revenge

A long time ago, in the center of Pietermaritzburg, not far away from my house, there was a big general market where besides fresh fruit and vegetables, they also sold small animals like pigeons and rabbits. One early morning my dad and I decided to go and have a look at this market without the […]