The R100 South African tour – The Ubuntu Girl.
The beauty of South Africa comes alive in different ways, one of its beauty is its people. Meet Sonja Kruse – better known as “The Ubuntu Girl”, call her amazing, inspirational, crazy, adventurous – her journey to travel across South Africa is a true reflection of what many citizens are faced with – dreams, goals and wishes yet not putting action to them. The Ubuntu Girl has now completed her round-about travel of SA and most definitely #Represent had to get in on the scoop. Mad as a R100. 1. Firstly, I have to command you on doing this project. Your journey across South Africa is worthy of applause. How does it feel to look back on your journey and say “I did it”? It feels like another challenge will come knocking! It feels like I can more fully understand and embrace this complicated, beautiful country we call home, with the full acknowledgement that I know very little 2. What epiphany led you to begin this journey with only a R100? It is bizarre when you have a dream that is so clear in its prophecy to fulfil itself, that in the beginning I thought it was just a silly form of escapism. Until the dream stayed around for four years. So, the significance of the R100, I’m only now making sense of. Perhaps it is because people may have been less likely to relate to a person who did this with no money 3. I’m sure you must have had doubts before leaving your home. What stopped you from entertaining them? Ja, when I calculated how many cappuccinos (my weakness) I could buy with the R100, I had doubts. There was an overwhelming desire inside of me to get to know the people of our country. I was hungry for real engagement and conversation and wanted to experience other people’s experience of life. It could not be ignored 4. What was the end game for this project during conception? This was one of those events in life that had no purpose, other than to follow the heart. And to listen to the voice inside. 5. Did you achieve it? I have to say yes. Most of my decisions going forward now are made from the heart and from instinct. I still doubt myself at times. It is part of the human condition The Journey 1. When you left (EAST LONDON), where was your first stop at? Chilumna village in rural Eastern Cape. Beautiful landscape 2. Did you have a map drawn out of all the places you wanted to stop at? Not at all! I must have had a...
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