ROMANCE HIGHWAY.

Two  silhouettes appeared out of the darkness and a closer look brought out the shape of a male and a female. I continued trekking and more silhouettes of pairs came into view. I was on my way to SOWETO from hostel K, going to one of the hostels, a friend of mine's room to pick something. It was already 10pm and should have been on my journey to dreamland but the urgency of that "something" forced me to give no 2nd thought to the long trek. Furthermore, it was on a Saturday and students are mostly indoors, probably watching or chit-chatting with friends if not dead asleep. I was beginning to get worried since it was only I who walked all alone, exempting my shadow of course and it was later that my pal told me that the path had a name, coined to  refer to it because its a routine for pairs to walk down the path especially over the weekend. "Romance highway or mapenzi highway" is the so-called name and i think a very creative person came up with that name for a reason.

She further explained to me that these pairs seem to be having a special conversation without any disturbance and that the path provides a conducive environment for that because it is less traveled on compared to the other paths. These pairs are mostly termed as lovers, boy/girlfriends because non verbal body communications speak volumes. So the next time you walk down that road, try putting into observation what i am talking about.