Day 1: Cape Town to Montagu

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A photo posted by Tami (@rumtumtiggs) on Apr 13, 2016 at 9:49am PDT

So after months and months of planning, our #TazzDiscovers tour of South Africa began. Day 1 was mostly taken up by packing and repacking our 2008 Volkswagen Polo as we battled to make a year’s worth of clothes, camping equipment and basic kitchen supplies fit. You guys with the trailers… I get it now.

I have to admit that it felt surreal to finally climb into our car and wave goodbye. We have been talking about this for so long that it started to feel like it was never actually going to happen. It still feels a bit like a dream but I’m sure reality will hit home shortly. 

Day 1: Cape Town to Montagu

The first leg of our journey took us from Cape Town to Montagu and, since we only left after 2pm, I was so grateful I chose to break up each leg into 200km trips. When I was a child, my holidays would start at the crack of dawn so that we could get from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth in 8 hours. Fortunately I often fell asleep in the car so, it was fine. It’s not something I want to put my kids through though.

We chose to take the road less traveled and steered clear of the easier N1 journey, instead choosing the N2 so that we could see more of the R62. What a gorgeous part of the country! There were endless fields of grazing sheep, vineyards and cows who stopped off on the side of the road for a snack.

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A photo posted by Tami, Anton and the Zs (@tazzdiscovers) on Apr 13, 2016 at 9:45am PDT

While saying goodbye to the stability of a house and family has been incredibly hard, especially leaving our cat to be looked after by the grandparents, the kids are scared and excited about what this adventure will hold. My son took saying goodbye to his cat especially hard. They have been close since he was still in the womb and his sobs broke my heart.

I feel so guilty about uprooting them from a “normal life” and coaxing them to come and see our gorgeous country. I hope that all this stress will be worth it, at the end of the day, and the children will grow and mature over the next few months.

I know they will learn so much and maybe gain some perspective on what they feel about South Africa and start thinking about how they can make a positive impact.