Kloof Falls Lodge Durban

... so I was able to nod off for a bit. Once at the airport at 4:40 AM, I changed dirhams to South African rands and then sat down for a Costa Coffee caffeine injection. I sat there marking students' papers for over an hour. Eventually I checked my bag and went through customs at close to 7:45. Mary was not there yet but had texted to say she was nearly there. I had a looksie at the electronics in the duty free but ...

... station for wasting police time.

Aside from that (and a LOT more shouting as the people on the bus discussed the events) the journey to Swaziland was pretty and uneventful.

We stayed the night in a lovely guest house called Swaziland Backpackers (which had a Great Dane and a Great Dane puppy) and then took the Baz Bus to Durban. The trip was long but was notable for a total lack of shouting, unnecessary ...

... in it. RESULT.

Seeing as this was my first proper week on my own traveling, really has to get out of the hostel and figure out what to do. So went to the hostel down the road which is where i should have stayed, which was a party hostel and asked about arranging tours and stuff and luckily the dude sorted me out and told me to come round in the evening to drink and meet people. Anyway spend the whole day on the beach and chilled out. In the evening went to the party ...

... definitely needs them. In order to be given ARVs, a test needs to be done to determine the condition of the person's immune system. HIV works by destroying the body's immune system, leading to secondary opportunistic infections that the body would normally be able to fight off. When the immune system gets to a certain point (measured by the number of CD4 immune cells the person has) it is determined to be AIDS. Gogo Gloria ...

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.

... week or so. Given the short-term nature of my work with them, I've had to find psychologists whom I can refer the children to for additional psychotherapy on a sliding scale as they come from economically disadvantaged families. I met with one of the parents this week to discuss my recommendations. I was pretty nervous as I can't imagine what it's like to be on the receiving end of such information regarding ...

... as the IBMP has donated so much milk over the past few years to them which have enabled them to feed infants at several AIDS orphanages in the area as well. She understands the need to develop a human based fortifier as we currently only have a bovine based fortifier - the profit making portion of the IBMP, which sells 75% of its donated breast milk to a company that is doing all of the research into and development of the human based fortifier. On ...

... valuables and with the confidence that comes with that, and with small groups. Many people in these areas greeted me with a smile. Many also greeted me with the characteristic stoic ambivalence with which everyone in the world in downtown districts greets each other. It's another city here. You have to take precautions, and there is certainly blatant crime. But one major problem, that I see anyway, is the unwillingness for the richer populations to take a little risk ...

... you're sitting on the right. Right: Now my first surprise was that there wasn't a tiny 2 man operated airport with a sandy runway and hordes of hyenas trying to chew the tyres on the plane while it was still landing. Instead it was a gigantic multinational, multicultural, multilingual airport with thousands of people buzzing about like they were in some sort of massive hive, they all moved about like they had a purpose and a ...

... botal fion dearg. Bha mi a' bruidhinn ri mam airson greis air MSN agus an uairsin choinnich mi ri dithis bhraithrean a Siorrachd Iork, Damien agus Mark. Bha sinn a' cabadaich anns a' bhar airson greis mun tainig an am dhomhsa dhol dhan leabaidh. Tha mi air chois trath a-maireach a-rithist. Tha mi a' fuireach ann an seada anns an Osdail seo cuideachd - feumaidh gu bheil e fasanta ann an Afraga a Deas...