Many of you have inquired as to where people live and where I live. It is interesting here. If you ask a person where they live or where their home is, they look at you like you are from another planet and most have no idea what you are talking about. It is "where do you stay"; if people rent or own you refer to "where do you stay". I am going to show you some place where people stay.
I am going to start with the townships. The home there vary as you will see from the pictures. Most townships seem to be similar. Some interesting information is that many do not have running water. All washing is done in 3 big tubs. One with soapy water, one clean for rinsing, and one with lots of downy. And, those ladies really know how to wring out those clothes. The whites are unreal. No yellow or grayish.
Most take baths in these big long oblong plastic tubs (I would be in deep do-do) I could not every get my chubbiness down in one of these things. Many homes do not have running water, then others do.
I did finally find a place to get my hair cut...
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| And you should see the hair! |
Below are homes where the poorest stay
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| Along the roadside you will see these little make shift home made out of cardboard, pieces of tin, plastic or any thing they can find. They grow gardens, hang out their clothes etc. I am told that workers live here and it could be, there usually is a sawmill or roadwork etc close. But, they have nothing and I mean nothing. Cute children can be seen playing outside. |
Here is an example of homes you find in the township all townships are similar. They are massive in size. The homes range in size from very humble to large nice homes. Despite the size some homes have beautiful little yards and some have no maintained yard.
A number of people live in these little shacks. Sometimes they will have started a block home near, They will start a home and it take years because they build as they have money.
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| There are many of these. No water, but it does have electricity because I have seen a light on in the night, It could be a lantern You will find these scattered on the hills and through out the township |
The average home:
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| There are many of these smaller homes that were built by the government. They are 20x15, Two bedrooms and a long room that is a kitchen and sitting area. |
There are many homes that are a bit larger that people build. Many homes are half started and are built as they get money. So it is little by little.
And then some people are building large homes. These are fairly modern. Overall the all construction is "iffy". Cinder Block type house then they mud over it. Looks something like stucco, not as refined. Some people choose brick.
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| The blocks and bricks are for sell all over the township, they are hand made The roads in the township are horrendous!. We need a jeep or something!
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Bob and I live in Nelspruit. It is a very beautiful little city. It is modern. The stores are great. There are two malls. They are a little smaller than the mega malls at home, but they have nice stores and everything you would need and want. They also have China City (deals of the Centrury) and lots of in between stores. The down town area is okay, but there are a few streets that are "no nos" I did drive through them accidently, it was interesting, as I mentioned before they do hair braiding on the street, using the same comb over and over, they do nails etc.
Grocery stores re nice. You can get anything you want or need here. The medical is very uncomplicated. It you have an ill go talk to the pharmacist at a Chem store (drug store) and he will tell you what to go ask the pharmacy tech for and they give it to you. Typical thing you go to the doctor for in the US do no require doc prescriptions here. Getting rid of the government red tape could save a lot of medical costs in the US.
Traffic is interesting and there all these people that sell things, beg, etc in the middle of the street. I am always afraid I am going to hit someone.
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| Nelspruit Cityscape from a freeway driving into Nelspruit. It is sub tropical climate and very nice. It can warm and humid in the summer. It is fall now and it has been WONDERFUL!! |
We have a nice flat in Nelspruit (really I think we should live in the township) but this is nice. It is in a gated community of about 150 Units. Lots of cute kiddies playing around.
It is two bedroom, two bathrooms, Kitchen and living open space. When we got here it had a brown sofa, red chair and interesting table with no matching chairs (that is the style you know) in the living room, one bedroom had two twin bed, and a master bedroom with bright red drapes, a queen bed, two night stands, and a desk. That was it. We have changed it some. Here are some pictures
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| Living room and patio Everything is secured by bars and the windows are open most of the time |
Kitchen
The Bathrooms
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Master Bath
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| Guest Bath
BEDROOMS
 
We are very comfy here....I do miss my house, especially when I am cooking like crazy, We love this experience.....I just didn't realize that the work would be so hard.....When will I ever retire???
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