Shireen’s Sort-of-Surprise

Up I was at Fajr, made salaah, coffee, some nibbles… and we were on the road. Samir & Raafiek planned a surprise day away for Shireen’s birthday. But, to quote the birthday girl: “You can never leave anything up to the guys.” Before we knew it, she was in on what was happening and even helping with marinating the chicken and getting together breakfast.


To spite the broken surprise, we had a blast. The weather was absolutely fabulous. We took a 2½ hour drive to Montague Springs, it’s a hot springs resort outside Cape Town. We went on the waterslide, chilled in the hot pools and braaied.

Raafiek

Me

Shireen

The day was awesome, relaxed and fun… but come night-time… we struggled to keep awake on our return. The after-effects of being in warm water all day.

Shukran Raafiek & Samir!