Meet Maureen Murray Makings from our Facebook community
Maureen Murray Makings has won one of three copies of MapStudio’s Southern & East Africa Road Atlas with Drive South Africa last month. We get to know her better in this interview below.
Maureen Murray Makings
Drive South Africa: Tell us a joke, any joke.
Maureen: My memory is like swiss cheese – full of holes – I can’t even think of a joke let alone a favorite one 🙂
Drive South Africa: If you had to go on a road trip and needed to fit your whole family (and their luggage) into one vehicle, what type of vehicle would you need?
Maureen: I’d need a Land Rover.
Drive South Africa: When you’re on holiday, what is the one thing you wouldn’t want to leave at home?
Maureen: My camera.
Drive South Africa: What’s your favorite road trip song?
Maureen: I’m leaving on a jet plane…
Drive South Africa: What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Maureen: I’d have to say the Okavango Delta.
Drive South Africa: GPS or map?
Maureen: Map
Drive South Africa: Camping or glamping?
Maureen: Camping… not glamping.
Drive South Africa: On a road trip, do you prefer driving or being a passenger?
Maureen: Passenger!
Drive South Africa: A holiday at the beach or a holiday at the river?
Maureen: I would have to say the beach.
Drive South Africa: If there was a donkey in the road in front of you, what would you do?
Maureen: I would stop and take a photo.
Drive South Africa: How long does it take you to pitch a tent?
Maureen: Three minutes.
Drive South Africa: If you had to pick one famous person to take on a road trip with you, who would it be and why?
Maureen: Matthew McConaughey – he loves to camp.
Drive South Africa: What are the ingredients for your favorite potjie?
Maureen: Beef, beef and more beef.
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