EastCoastExpat

We moved from Gauteng to Langebaan just over four years ago.  It is called semigration - for a reason.  It is a whole different world from where we used to live.  A lot of things worked better but, face facts, this is a SMALL town.  We had no Woolies Food - and that is the general accepted standard for comfy living.  Well, 2 years ago Woolies Food arrived, and i hear a traffic light will be erected within the next year... After taking 3 years to adapt to the wind, getting used to the 8 hour commute on Mondays to KZN, and appreciating the cool breeze that is always blowing here, hubby started making noises that we have to go "North".  North is about 3 hours away, and very hot. North is Vredendal/Lutzville/Koekenaap and would add at least an additional 2 hours to my already long weekly work commute. Then Richards Bay was mentioned on and off again as a potential destination. And finally, one Friday afternoon, driving back from Weza to King Shaka Airport f...

January 2020 I am pondering this question since Hennie dropped the bomb. In 2007 we briefly considered emigrating, and visited Australia.  Partly to see if we want to move and work there, and partly to visit friends.  On my first visit to Australia in 1997 I just LOVED Australia.  I went as a tourist and was in awe of the beautiful East Coast and especially Sydney.  I felt everything "worked".  I felt safe, there was public transport and everything was clean.  A decade later i took off the rose tinted tourist glasses and found things in Australia over controlled, property prices astronomical and faced the fact that we would have to probably settle on the West Coast.  Miles from the rest of Australia (or that is how it felt), and miles from the rest of the world.  Suddenly it did not look that attractive any more. New World Immigration recently published the results of their survey, stating the top 10 reasons why people emigrate.  On ...