I’ve said it before, but it is worth repeating: If you don’t have a camera with you, you are not going to get many photographs!
I carry a little point and shoot camera around with me all the time and today it paid off. Pat and I were in the centre of Pietermaritzburg and we noticed a slight commotion opposite the city hall. We wandered over to have a look and who should get out of a car but Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Wow! It kind of made our day.
It seems that he is taking part in a documentary about some of the more interesting destinations in South Africa and he was in Pietermaritzburg to visit the Mahadma Gandhi statue close to the city hall. He was met by Mayor, Mike Tarr and Deputy Mayor Jabu Ngube. What a treat! And of course out came the camera and we got some very useful images. The quality of images from these little point and shoot cameras can be really awesome and it does pay to keep one with you.
Aren’t you so clever? Had a similar experience in Kgalagadi recently where hubby had packed the decent camera and lenses away out of reach and all I had for a brilliant sighting on our way out of the park was my mik en druk. I blogged about it at http://roxannereid.weebly.com/1/post/2010/05/photo-disaster.html