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... in Durban is limited. Despite almost constant rain, I've enjoyed walking around the city a bit and visiting several small museums.

Tomorrow I'm heading up into the northern Drakensberg mountains, where I hope the weather will be good enough to hike and ride horseback over the next couple of days.

Well here I am again in Hillcrest. Spent the week, sorting through clothes to take down in to the valley to distribute amongst the orphans. They were distributed on Wednesday, it has been a variety of weather as well...really hot to quite cold......not sure why I am here early, but I learning to take each day as it comes...

... 8217;t want to take it off for the rest of the day. We thought it was a Zulu outfit, but later a black (Zulu?) woman asked if Sophia was dressed as a Dutch girl! We also got a Zulu hat but Sophie wasn’t so keen to wear that. I wandered around by myself through the bustling sidewalks overflowing with vendors and pedestrians, and it seemed for the first time that we were in an African city. There were only a few whites and Indians on the streets ...

... we understood why so many people said that Durban was a bit dodgy & encouraged everyone to get taxis at night & not to walk. We soon said our goodbyes & made a swift exit! The next day we were to travel to Johannesburg to stay with Robbie's aunt & uncle, which we had been looking forward to now, living out a rucksack & moving from place to place is exhausting so we were looking forward to unpacking our bags & staying the one place. Love Nic & Peace Rob

... The existing one serves current passenger needs well but there is no space for cargo. When we entered the new South Africa there was a lot of political wrangling over it, which went hand in hand with a power struggle for the city between the (largely Zulu) Inkhata Freedom Party and the African National Congress. One of them has won now and we're finally getting our airport. - 50 years late is better than never. An interesting story in the local papers showed ...

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.

... figurines relating to KwaZulu-Natal's history. The Durban Room features the city's progression in lifestyle, wealth, and means of production from the colonial era to the post-colonial era with real-life mock-ups: David SB Anderson Pharmacy, Henry Francis Flynn's Cottage, Clairmont Sugar Mill, and Miss Fann Fancy Repository with a display of the fine imported fabrics, haberdashery ...

... country (KwaZulu-Natal), who was recently elected to lead the ANC. Typically, the ANC President goes on to win the National Presidency in the general election as the ANC has held power since 1994. The next presidential election is in 2009. Mr. Zuma has a lot of controversy surrounding him. His rape and corruption trials, which started before the ANC election, are still pending. The biggest fear raised at the braai was the fact that ...

... shaman, pottery maker, and watched a traditional dance. We arrived in the city of Durban for our last night, staying at the Happy Hippo Lodge. We went out for a group dinner at a restaurant at the marine world that was nearby. It was a really good buffet dinner, very nice. We came back to the hostel and we chatted with the guys for a while, neither of them drink, curse, smoke, gamble, nothing! We talked for ...

... toilet bevinden zich op loopafstand van geheel. Ik denk dat trek ik niet. Niet nu met mijn verkoudheid en kloppende koppijn. Gelukkig kan ik voor R10 meer per nacht een dorm met vijf bedden, eigen douche, toilet, fridge, cooking apparatus betrekken. I'LL TAKE IT !! Gedouched om even bij te komen na 20u bus en airco. Daarna boodschappen doen. Schijn in de buurt te zijn, lopend...a fijn half uur later lopend gevonden, pfff...wat een afstanden allemaal.