Limberlost
Travel Blogs from Wilderness
Eshowe
A nice little town inland of the ocean. We are now siting on the porch of a Victorian hotel drinking coffee . Hot today but a strong wind and very dry.
Allan finally got his Spur steakhouse visit.
met a couple of bar flies at the local public last night. Great stories to relate. Check out artist peter engblom ...
CT to Durban
... were up at 6am to get the bus to Chinsta. Ideally we would have liked to see Coffee Bay but our tight schedule did not permit any flexibility. In fact, we learned that the bus didn't run on the day we needed to get back to J'burg, so we had to pay for separate coach service after paying a lot to Baz. Frustration. Chintsa was a pretty bay much like Wilderness only the hostel we stayed at was set on a large piece of land, with dorms dotted ...
I Will Not Be Hyena Bait...
...as Anita says before we head off to Umfolozi - Hluhluwe Game Reserves tomorrow. Uncle Rog and I will be braaing (American translation = barbecue) outside in the bush, and Debbie has sided with Anita. They will be waving at Uncle Rog and me from inside the chalet at Mpila (lodging in Umfolozi Game Reserve).
Tonight we stayed at Rog and Anita's, with Uncle Rog keeping our glasses full and Anita spoiling us with fabulous food -- ...
Final destinations
... bars that seperated us from her. We had a drink outside, met some of the locals, had a few laughs of course and left for our walk around...
Freddie knew everyone. I of course being me, asked if we could "please go inside one of the houses!" We did. We were able to meet one of his friends who was in the process of dying her hair but allowed us to come inside her home. Small, simple home...kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. We looked ...
Two days to go
... owner has still not got the papers from Wesbank. However we have asked her to do the registration for us as we won't be able to do it before we leave.
Now it is full steam ahead with the packing - the drawers are in the back of the land cruiser as is the deep freeze.
I have done the last of my admin - I hope - and can now get down to some packing and getting the house ready for the house sitter.
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