Holidays

Lately its still been dark when I get up to go to work.Which brings back a cool,yet kak feeling.Remember that feeling of waking up at 2in the morning, Getting the last of youre things stuffed into an already overloaded car,forgetting to go to the bathroom before you hit the road?

I do, I havent even had a proper "holiday" in yonks,It must bee since around '96.Yip thats right,That was the last time i went down to the coast.I hated the ride.I really really did.

Everyone packs themselves into the car,Sisters and brothers almost sitting ontop of each other, Coolerbox with "padkos" in the way,Mom and dad shouting at you.Aaah memories. Thats when dad stops to fill the car up,Cause doing it the night before is just stupid(still dont know why).Petrol stations are like a whole other world.The flurescent lights are about the only sign of life at that time of the night,Everyone ducking off for a quick pee.Even though home is only 2km away.

Tollgates were about the only cool place for me,We used to stare at people driving thru them, wondering where they are going,when they come back,Why they have a caravan and we dont.Trivial things really.Once my dad realised that i liked tollgates,he discoverd THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. That kak road,the one that has holes the size of small towns, millions of trucks hell bent on being the slowest moving objects ever. That was kak

Playing games in the car never seemd to work out, I spy was kinda boring when all around you was pitch black, cricket sucked(not the bat and ball type).We used to drive for what seemed like hours,but never moved very far.Mainly cause of all the toilet stops.

I remember how my dad would always pay the one who saw the ocean first R10,then give the other 2/3 of us the money anyways.

Still nothing beats that little bit of time just before you get over the last crest and see the ocean,You smell it,Youve been sitting in a car for 10+hours, And wham its there.Aaah i miss going on holiday

but hey,thats just my two cents,that cost you 5minutes of youre life...Hope you hated every minute of it