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Digging Durban
... The waterfront was always a good vibe and provided great people watching so that is where I spent most of my time after Jesse, Tim and Andre left.
For dinner and drinks that night we decided to try out an area called Florida Rd (supposedly equivalent to Long Street of Cape Town) and went to good place called TacoZulu. I know, why are we going to a Mexican place in Africa…..well why not. Where else can you get guacamole and Doritos? This in ...
The Moses Mabhida Football Stadium day
We checked back into Happy Hippo as we didn't like Tekweni, they only had an En-suite room available but it was still cheaper also. We went to the Moses Mabhida football stadium which was built for the world cup staged here in 2010. We did the guided tour, we took a cable car to the top of the arch which has viewing point so we could see all of Durban and Phil did the stadium swing, which is the highest swing in the world. You basically jump from one side of the stadium and ...
Day 29 and 30 - Farewell Africa
... pores!! It was so hot, that Nicci said she had lost allher taste buds by the second mouthful! Glad I don't like burny food!! Ha Ha.
Today is our last day of our holiday, and it was so lovely and bright and sunny that we decided to go for a swim in the sea and then the pool. Made us feel so 'holiday-ish'. We then did a bit of last minute shopping, before coming back to pack. We had lunch at ...
Still so proud to be Canadian
I have not caught up on the story of the Wild Coast and Nonhle (among other things), but I must share this message with all of you now - in case any of you are following the news around Durban and are starting to feel a bit down in the dumps.... Here is my contribution to our FUN-Del blog today.
I refuse to be ashamed to be Canadian. But it is easy to fall into that mode here at the UN Climate negotiations. Canada has indeed won ...
Has it been THREE WEEKS already??
... females have refused to
stand up for themselves, even when they are right and the male is wrong. Being
an American female who was raised not to lie
down and take it, I always speak up for myself or the woman being wronged
and am usually ignored or regarded as “a stupid American”. It is very hard for
me to stand by and accept some of the injustices that are still taking place in
South Africa propagated by every day people. I try my best ...