Arriving by Police Escort in Nelspruit
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Nelspruit may not be on everybody's must-see lists when traveling, not even those traveling in South Africa. But besides the non-existent scene, this town sits on the threshold to Kruger National Park, and hosts four matches of the 2010 World Cup, so it is on the map, and yes people do come here.
Eduardo and I ended up in Nelspruit after driving (sometimes in circles) from Johannesburg through dense fog, heavy rain and through a rainbow arch. Reaching the town well after dark, and not seeing a single sign pointing towards the town center, we decided to ask for the way at a gas station.
“Sorry, no, I don't know Van Wijk Street, but I'll take you to the police station, and you can find out there.”
Incredibly typical for South Africa – everyone's nice. Everyone's beyond helpful. So this South African gentleman drives has BMW ahead of us to the Nelspruit police station and asks the policemen to assist us. I'm not sure if there's no crime in Nelspruit or the policemen were just bored, but they actually escorted us through the town to Van Wijk Street (Van Wyck, for us New Yorkers).
And we arrived at our hostel by police escort...
Posted by Kristi D 08.06.2010 01:04 Archived in South Africa
