I've come across all types of arguments regarding 'to leave or not to leave' or people not happy in their 'new country', the 'struggle' to adapt etc.
I grew up in the 'heart' of Africa and obviously miss the sounds of the blacks in their natural environment - a lone voice singing - the sound of an axe. I miss the wildlife in areas without any fences. I miss the call of the fish eagle, the sound of an ostrich at night. The sound of baboons frightened by a leopard. Those areas are long gone - they are no more.
I don't miss the cities or the towns. Language is not important to me - anything goes as long as people understand me. A flag is just a piece of material. Koeksisters and melktert I can make or eat in any country. Transport is so advanced - one can fly anywhere in a matter of hours. Communication is not an issue anymore - therefore family is just around the corner.
In a country like Aus, people drive on the same side of the road - sport is more or less the same. People have the same values. People are friendly and open.
I was just wondering what keeps people from leaving or what do people miss so much. If people have no real connection with the people of Africa, they don't understand a language. They have never spend time with any blacks tribes in their own environment. People that have no connection to nature except maybe through television or the Kruger National Park. They have no connection to land, like the hardcore farmers in Africa.
I was just wondering ....... what do people miss. What is so different here????
Maybe it is just me. I can't imagine being pulled back to Africa just to live in the suburbs - behind six foot fences and barbed wire.
I like the freedom here - I can really spend time in nature, without seeing or worrying about another person. For me personally that is all that matters.
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I've come across all types of arguments regarding 'to leave or not to leave' or people not happy in their 'new country', the 'struggle' to adapt etc.
I grew up in the 'heart' of Africa and obviously miss the sounds of the blacks in their natural environment - a lone voice singing - the sound of an axe. I miss the wildlife in areas without any fences. I miss the call of the fish eagle, the sound of an ostrich at night. The sound of baboons frightened by a leopard. Those areas are long gone - they are no more.
I don't miss the cities or the towns. Language is not important to me - anything goes as long as people understand me. A flag is just a piece of material. Koeksisters and melktert I can make or eat in any country. Transport is so advanced - one can fly anywhere in a matter of hours. Communication is not an issue anymore - therefore family is just around the corner.
In a country like Aus, people drive on the same side of the road - sport is more or less the same. People have the same values. People are friendly and open.
I was just wondering what keeps people from leaving or what do people miss so much. If people have no real connection with the people of Africa, they don't understand a language. They have never spend time with any blacks tribes in their own environment. People that have no connection to nature except maybe through television or the Kruger National Park. They have no connection to land, like the hardcore farmers in Africa.
I was just wondering ....... what do people miss. What is so different here????
Maybe it is just me. I can't imagine being pulled back to Africa just to live in the suburbs - behind six foot fences and barbed wire.
I like the freedom here - I can really spend time in nature, without seeing or worrying about another person. For me personally that is all that matters.
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