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WINNING LETTER

HOME, SWEET HOME

My BFF and I met in Standard 2 and formed an instant and lifelong bond. Although we haven’t seen one another in almost five decades, after she departed South Africa for foreign shores we were constantly in touch.

My husband and I were extremely fortunate to tour our beautiful and scenic country, one province at a time. We travelled the Garden Route, camped at Jeffrey’s Bay, rode ostriches in Oudtshoorn, marvelled at the Cango Caves, swam at Boulder’s Beach among the penguins, ascended Table Mountain via cable car and drove to Cape Point.

We admired the Kimberly Big Hole, Howick Falls, the Valley of the Thousand Hills, slept in a cabin in the Drakensberg Mountains, stayed at Pilgrim’s Rest, climbed the steps to God’s Window, visited the Sudwala Caves, the Blyde River Canyon, uShaka Marine World, Durban’s Golden Mile and saw the Voortrekker Monument and the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

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