All kinds of vehicles appear on people’s gravestones from cute Volksies, Land Rovers and Toyota bakkies to Mercedes Benzes, GTIs and vintage automobiles.
We have to hazard a guess: Do they represent a love for freedom and the open road, a dream-car, a status symbol or a person’s well-travelled, much-loved, faithful old jalopy. What do you think?
My favourite by far is ‘Safari’. A tour guide perhaps, someone who had a passion for travelling, a nickname or a wish for an exciting journey of discovery on the other side?