July 17, 2008
She Is Far From The Land...is a huge understatement: Galina had the biggest blast ever in Cape Town.
Kyle The Magnificent. The "stuff" that dreams are made on. And summed up Capetonians for me: geared up for a good time, passionate about his country, stands up to shake hands. Oh, and could easily lift my Nikya...
Kyle doing conservation work
Talking of which: I was in Cape Town to work...
The line up for the most successful Vodacom Funny Festival ever - Riaad Moosa, Marc Lottering, Ndumiso Lindi, Madame Galina, Chris Forrest (seated), Jonathan Hearns, Les Bubb, Eddy Cassar
Oh, and (sigh!) Nik Rabinovitz, who wasn't there for the line-up photo. Busy feeding the goat...
At an almost deserted Cape Town airport the night before last I got tearful all over the VAT-reclaim officer.
‘Sorry’ I snivelled ‘I’m really upset at having to leave Cape Town. And I’ve never claimed VAT back from any other country so am not sure what I’m entitled to and what I’m not. Here you are…’
I handed her a wadge of receipts, which she glanced at before returning.
‘You can only claim for things that you’re actually taking out of the country, sir’ she advised, sitting there on her revolving high chair.
‘So nothing I’ve eaten then?’
‘No, sir.’
‘Or drunk?’
‘No, sir. So these receipts for…’
‘My bar tabs at the Baxter Theatre.’
‘They’re not relevant, sir.’
How could she say that? I got teary. Again. Eddy Cassar, genius behind the Vodacom Funny Festival, had set me off fifteen minutes previously when he dropped me at Departures and thanked me for being a star. And now look. My bar-tabs not relevant she was saying?
The view from the entrance to the Baxter. Right after you pass the sign saying Please Close The Doors And Help Keep The Birds Out.
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