Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Pestman
Curepipe, an unpainted, art-deco (read built by early French settlers) town. Strolling around aimlessly, but thinking of lunch, when this wizened old postman (uniform, cap and mail-bag) says "Jous are Sous Afrikan, oui? Jous are so luKKeee, I am zi postman, what you needs?" Well we were hungy and he then pushed his red moped, stopping traffic, up and down lanes to take us to a restaurant. On arrival, it was apparent it was his cousin/brother/sister's resto, a dingy, dark not too clean Indian resto, replete with plasic flowers, pink walls and a fish tank. Although Adie objected to the over-zealous owners, clawing us in with offers....I took the pragmatic root, went in, had a beer and then thanked our hosts graciously. This was my way to ensure we rid our selves of the devilish Pestman.
On walking out, however, we saw his 10cc Moped gunning it up the same road. You see, he had told us that after lunch, our next stop needed to be the Clothes and Boat shop, where he, also works (busy life being the Postman of Curepipe) Postman Raja was in such a rush to meet us at the shops, he (thank Ganesh) he did not see us wlaking the other way....when in Curepipe...done talk to the Pestman
Curepipe, an unpainted, art-deco (read built by early French settlers) town. Strolling around aimlessly, but thinking of lunch, when this wizened old postman (uniform, cap and mail-bag) says "Jous are Sous Afrikan, oui? Jous are so luKKeee, I am zi postman, what you needs?" Well we were hungy and he then pushed his red moped, stopping traffic, up and down lanes to take us to a restaurant. On arrival, it was apparent it was his cousin/brother/sister's resto, a dingy, dark not too clean Indian resto, replete with plasic flowers, pink walls and a fish tank. Although Adie objected to the over-zealous owners, clawing us in with offers....I took the pragmatic root, went in, had a beer and then thanked our hosts graciously. This was my way to ensure we rid our selves of the devilish Pestman.
On walking out, however, we saw his 10cc Moped gunning it up the same road. You see, he had told us that after lunch, our next stop needed to be the Clothes and Boat shop, where he, also works (busy life being the Postman of Curepipe) Postman Raja was in such a rush to meet us at the shops, he (thank Ganesh) he did not see us wlaking the other way....when in Curepipe...done talk to the Pestman
