18 & 19 March: Visited the San living village called Grashoek(GPS:19.24574S;19.23945E)) about 90 km east of Roy's camp. We saw the crafts made in the village, saw some traditional games and in the evening the Natural Healer chanted with a group around the fire. We camped under some Maketti trees in the village and had a great evening under the clear sky. In the
morning we went for a walk in the bush and found some tubers nearby (see photo). Henry, our San guide, together with the Healer were able tell us lots about the flora and its uses in healing and general living of his people. We went a short distance through the bush but almost every shrub or tree had a story to tell. We reached a Manketti tree with water between the branches and they showed us how they use their long straws to drink the water. The Manketti trees also provide nuts for eating and they showed us how they cracked the shell. At the moment the nuts are green, about the size of a golf ball. Also near our camp were "Berry Bushes" with green berries that did not taste of much but we were assurred that when they are ripe in the winter and turn brown, they are also sweet. Only the young children were eating the unripe fruit! I hink we saw the same bushes near the "White Lady" paintings in the Brandburg mountains and saw the baboons collecting them.