Erlesmere Durban

... father worked in the mines near Johannesburg and had forged a lasting friendship with a man from China. Hence, he named his son after this dear friend. China drove us to our hotel, the Tropicana, which was located right on the oceanfront. It was across from a decent shopping area, the Marine Parade, in an area called "the Golden Mile". Our room had a fantastic view of the beach so I promptly took out my camera and got ...

... quite accurate but I do a good enough job ****ing it up with women on my own without h** cock-blocking me all day, and she got worse the more wine she got on the outside of. I wasnt ov**ly both**ed about this, it was a bit frustrating but I just put it down to h** being a bit of a sad ****, but it seems she was slightly more sinist**. She was a con artist it transpired, going from hostel to hostel scrounging free accomodation and food for h** in return to promote and ...

... there for like 8 hours!!, i don't want to waste money on accommodation i wont use this evening!) to take me back to cape town. which will be a relief. Durban is awesome just when you come here don't go out every night like i did as it will destroy you. also don't fall in love in Durban that is no good! Anyway all the people i was out with last night all hooked up with ...

... To my shame, I was introduced to my mama, Phumeza, and she was this little diva in wide leg pants and this super trendy top. She also has a different living situation then most people in the area. She is not from this province of South Africa, but moved there because there was no work in the Eastern Cape where she is from. This means that she hasn't inherited her family's homestead of roundavels and land like most people. Instead ...

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.

... and Monika, a Norwegian who's friend with Ingrid and volunteering to teach high school English in one of the township schools. In the eight people attending, we represented five different countries - our own United Nations. Needless to say, the conversation was rather lively, and it was a perfect night to be sitting outside on the porch enjoying a fabulous home-cooked Italian meal and South African wine ...

... posted in the newspaper in two-hour increments each day of the week for a given neighborhood. Of course, the time slots are all during the day and early evening when power consumption is at its peak. Unfortunately, they don't tell you if or exactly when during the two-hour increment the outage is going to take place and how long the outage will last. So far, the outages have been for ...

... not wash for three months and finally the middle aged odd balls who mutter in an otherwise quiet corner. We successfully avoided the last category until we found ourselves next to one at dinner. I missed out one characteristic from these guys. They love mushrooms. The sort of mushrooms that have you sat on the ceiling playing a harmonica to an adoring crowd of talking penguins. Thankfully for them, Coffee Bay is full of 'shrooms' which allowed this ...

... them must have said something to Silas, because the spritely guy jumped out of the car and chased the kid for about 4 minutes. When he came back, he explained that he didn't catch the child but that the little one rolled off the cliff down towards the beach. The cliff was around 20 meters or so, and to this day I am not sure whether the child died, was seriously injured, or intentionally and skilfully rolled down the cliff. When we left the bar 30 minutes later, there were ...

In the cluttered corner of a laundromat that long ago lost its newness, Gabriel Mahlase is worrying that his tardiness is going soil his country's reputation. It's a heavy burden for a man to impose on himself. In the new South Africa, Gabriel is a tailor running his own business. This comprises of a sewing machine built into a compact table, a chair for himself and one for his clients, a kit of assorted thread and needles, and other professional tools and bits. He has ...