Ediston Inn Durban

I'm spending 2 more nights in Durban with a nice couple I found on couchsurfing.org. Margaret is an environmental consultant working on transportation issues for the city of Durban, and Gavin is a professional clown. They've given me a private guest room and various rides around town, which is great because public ...

... about it at the time so he stewed on it and und**standably really hurt him. When we eventually caught up in Jeff**ys bay down the coast we squared it all up, told him Mandys game and since then we have all been increadibly close, so in a way it was p**haps a blessing in disguise.

We didnt do much bar get ******, stare at shalome the bar girls pendulous breasts and get stoned, but we did once have a trip into the city of Durban itself but wished we hadnt both ...

... the Americans out who were on the education tour thing, but fair play to one of them for coming out. though i was told to look after her so felt like she was my responsibility so did not end up getting trashed, though the southern Americans did and they loved the club we went so they decided to stay for the weekend. Bo was a bit ****** with me for me letting him hand with the American girl, but apparently they got it on, so could not have ...

... Later we found out that the oldest daughter was not going to be home while we were staying there, but when it was time for bed Phumeza picked up the kitchen table and put it on top of the small bed, in order to make more room for us on the floor. So the first night we slept on a cement floor while there was an empty bed a few feet away, oh geez. The next night I asked if maybe one of us could sleep on the small bed and the other on the ...

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.

... niece, and nephew. Sadly, a number of the orphans at iThemba Lethu are also from Inanda. The people seemed quite surprised to see a white person in their neighborhood. A group of little girls came running up to me practically as soon as I got out of the car. They were all giggling and smiling. One quickly pointed out the similarities between my shirt and the one little girl's dress. I asked them their ...

... niet uit bij zijn thuis in de kamers waar niemand is! Verder is het wachten op de Bazbus. Vandaag gaan we verder richting Durban. Daar blijven we gewoon de nacht om morgen richting Northern Drakensberg te reizen! En dat is eigenlijk de laatste stop op onze rondreis in het Noorden. Als we de op de Bazbus stappen, komen we Clay en Angela (de Canadezen uit Swaziland) terug tegen. Zij zijn nog een paar dagen langer in Swaziland gebleven en ...

... Stars in your Eyes' and was waiting for Matthew Kelly to jump out and announce me as George Michael or some other gay/bi/camp pop star. Unfortunately he didn't appear and the woman started shouting at me for money. Feeling betrayed and cheated, I realised I was right and they really were gold diggers. Fifty rand allowed me to trudge back to the hostel alone while the collection of old woman celebrated snaring another victim. I didn't look back at ...

... from which the day's three meals are fetched. The main source of wealth in Xhosa culture is cattle. The Transkei "big five" are: sheep, horses, cows, goats, pigs. They are all over the place. Men still give dowries of cattle when marrying women. However, due to poverty, there is (from what I understand) a high rate of pre-marital childbirth. Silas introduced us to Johann, an insane 40-something cowboy-hat-wearing white South African who basically, from what I could gather ...

... These are the reasons for a cops-and-robber footchase through a popular shopping area by the beach. The shoplifting man shoves through strolling pedestrians and crashes into a sandwich-board sign advertising specials. In a flash, he picks himself up. He rushes across the road into a park towards the beach. Meanwhile, a woman--presumably the shopkeeper or cashier--runs out of a shop screaming, clearly upset. The commotion draws the attention of a police officer ...