WHY THE KAROO?
People always ask me "what brought you to the Karoo?" Well here's the start of that story......I'll take you back to the beginning of this journey, to the Fraserburg days........
Ten years ago I decided it was time
for a lifestyle change. I was fed up
with the city, the noise, the pollution and the traffic jams. I decided at that point to start looking for
a place in the country to relocate to. I
gave up the corporate life and bought a small silk business that I was sure I
could run from anywhere in the country, as long as there was a post office
within easy reach.
A few years later, two weeks before my
40th Birthday, I moved to a little, remote farming village called
Fraserburg in the Karoo Highlands. Until
I had taken the time to drive slowly through the back roads of the Karoo, exploring with my friend Carol, I had the stereotypical belief
that the Karoo was just a large arid and desolate region, a place that
most people find boring and depressing.
This perception is of course one that is acquired due to people making
their trips between Johannesburg and Cape Town all about the destination and not about the journey. From the main road, there is not all that
much to see. That eye opening trip and
my experiences since moving here have proven quite the contrary. Through this blog, I
would like to show you, the reader, that there is so much diversity and beauty
within the Karoo. You just need to
look to find it. May you enjoy the hues
of the Karoo, together with my experiences as much as I do.
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