How would it feel to live in a neighborhood where every house has a sign where they threat to kill you? This is Johannesburg, South Africa. Unemployment is 37%... I bet there are nicer places in South Africa but I just don't get to go there. I have to admit that I have met a couple of very laid back and funny guys here so it is sad that there is the threat of violence everywhere. "Your favorite security store" sells electric fences at the shopping mall. "Darling, can you bring some milk, cereals and an electric fence". Can you imagine? There are a lot of gated ommunities and every house has a fence around it. It reminds me about my taxi driver in Rio who said: "Why do you think we have so many fences in Rio? Because we like dogs so much"... :-)
I just had dinner outside the hotel. I was in a restaurant in .Centurion shopping mall. After finishing my dinner, I asked the waiter if he can get me a taxi. He said "sure" and asked me to wait in the table. After half an hour he came and said that my taxi has come. He took me to the driver and I saw that there were two guys. I trusted that they're OK
because the restaurant had booked them for me. We went to the car, which did not have any taxi sign or a meter in it. I guessed that they are just some guys who do this for the extra money. To make sure where I was getting into, I asked how much would the trip cost. They said 150 rand which is quite a lot, but still there wasn't any real taxis anywhere. So we took off. They took me to my hotel and then I asked "I bet you cannot give me a receipt". They laughed and said "of course we can, we're professionals". Really funny guys like my "official" driver Joe, who takes me to the office in the morning.
