South Africa is a lot like Kansas. Just kidding. Our trip was both relaxing and insane – Chicago love, London hospitality, and dashing through the underground tunnels of Heathrow with a desktop computer at full speed before going into cardiac arrest.
32 hrs, 3 countries, and 16 gallons of coffee later, we arrived safely in Cape Town, and made our way to our home in Kommetjie. Can’t sleep? Try jet lag. The following morning, we attended a large trade convention called Sign Africa in search of supplies and equipment. Several leads.
Many of our startup costs have been covered, including a vinyl cutter and “Fritz,” our digital design workstation (both donated). We have also secured a space for our new social business (details coming soon, completely mad how this happened). Our largest upcoming expense will be a T-Shirt press, an expense we were not anticipating.
We also have a car! We call it “The Rattler,” mainly because it’s an ancient, bleached, duel-exhaust VW bug that essentially bounces down the left-handed highway. Stick shift. Left side of the road. Crazy traffic. Aneurisms. No gas gage, and we believe that the odometer says 600k miles.
Additional updates soon. Gooday.
how awesome! I love it!