Bed And Breakfast By The Sea Salt Rock

... in Durban is limited. Despite almost constant rain, I've enjoyed walking around the city a bit and visiting several small museums.

Tomorrow I'm heading up into the northern Drakensberg mountains, where I hope the weather will be good enough to hike and ride horseback over the next couple of days.

I can't believe we are already this far into the semester! I'm not sure if you remember but we had our first Durban day the second week we were here at African Enterprise and now it is our last weekend here and I just can't believe it. The weather was not too shabby, it didn't rain and was sunny but not really hot. Britni's dad arrived from Colorado! He came to visit her for this week so I was really happy for her. I feel like he and my dad would get along ...

... anywhere from $5-10 US, and dinner from $15-22 US.

In terms of drinks, beers in Kenya and Tanzania cost between $3.50-4.00 per bottle but the bottle is also 500ml. In South Africa, beers cost between $1.50-2.00 US but the bottle is only 330 ml. In South Africa, the most popular beer is Castle, made by SAB (South Africa Breweries), the largest brewery in the world since it bought Miller in the US. Hansa, made in Sandton, is my ...

... off at a roadside stall and bought a zulu totem statue - big chunk of carved wood for ten bucks. Sure that will fit nicely in our backpacks - NOT! To say we were sorely disappointed when we reached Richards Bay would be an understatement. It seems the whole of downtown has been taken over by a faceless mall. We were hoping for a nice harbour with cafes and restaurants but couldn't seem to find them. Very confusing city - we just seemed to drive around in circles ...

... say anything they were swarming all over the sides like bloody locusts, some were moaning they couldn't get their legs up high enough (I should explain that there's no running boards only 1 narrow footplate approx. 2 foot off the ground and then another about 9" above that then you can open the door and get in) others managed to get one foot on the first footplate and when they tried to get their other foot ...

South Africa is really... white. Durban is dangerous at night and there
is a huge mall. They have blackouts every day for two hours at two in
the afternoon, and even the malls shut down.

... be adopted into local families, most likely white. The agency does not recruit families when the biological family cannot be located. The arrival of a new child at the home is spread by word of mouth among a network of about 10 churches in the area. For those of you who didn't get to read the 2006 Annual Report, I'll share the story of one of the 4-month old girls. Her mother is 15 yrs. old. She is a rape survivor who is now HIV-positive as a result of the rape; the ...

... tror att Sydafrika kommer pa fotter. Tyvarr verkar det behova ga utfor innan det blir battre. Anc har just petat Thabo Mbeki for en populistisk rival med mindre an fem ars folkskola i bakgrunden. Manga ar nu radda for vart landet kommer att ta vagen. For att ANC kommer att behalla regeringsmakten ar klart. Darfor ar deras val av partiledare avgorande. Och hur de ska kunna stabilisera landet med avseende pa vald och brottslighet fram till Fotbolls-VM 2010 fattar ingen...

... you the situation. I have been arrested. According to the South African Police, I am driving a stolen vehicle. Here's what you need to do. You need to contact the Cape Town police department, explain to them that the car I am driving is not stolen, and then have them clear this report for the police database. Did you get that? Dwayne: Yes. Is there anything else I can do? Phil: Well let's start by liberating YOUR customer from jail and then we'll see ...

Durban is nice and warm, such relief after cold Jo'burg. Me and a girl from the UK went on a spontaneous walking tour of Durban with our own private guide, who assigned himself the task. He studies tourism in East London and decided to put his talents to the test. It was such a trip. He took us on the minibus to the center of town, and from there we walked to precisely those areas that are black blotches on our maps-- areas we better stay clear of as ...