The Royal Hotel Durban

... an African would be someone indiginous to the country here, so basically blacks and coloreds, which btw it is ok to call people here their color. It isn't rude or offensive like it can be in the states.
Anyways we began by the beach then took a drive up to the wetlands where I saw beautiful plants and way too many bugs. Afterwards we went to the mangrove forest which was really cool. they are ...

... of their dodgy lockers, the receptionist warned me not to take any valuables with me. Great I thought!!! I just wanted to find an internet café and use my laptop.

So I was not in the best of mood with Durban but I must say as soon as I hit the streets and mixed with all the locals, all those bad feelings went away. It just felt great to be walking around with the streets absolutely packed. It very much felt like I was the only white person there - I loved it. It is ...

... added “God is in control so there will be no problems, if you don’t believe in God, ask me to slow down and I will” I was not sure how to take that really J and he finished off by saying that we will arriving in Durban “at 10pm African Time”.


The drive was bumpy at times and I was literally ejected 3-4 inches off my seat. We drove through a village where I saw a guy ...

... carpets, padded headboards, and industrial style toilets. I was also glad to hear that the waterfront was safe to wander at night, contrary to the warnings in the guidebooks. A few of us walked down to the Southern Sun to see the restaurant possibilities, and Sophie, Cha, and I returned along the waterfront. I played hide-and-seek with Sophie and let her play in the sand a little, and it seemed like she was enjoying Durban already.

... I was also happy to get back to Durban and see all of my friends...and have things to do after 7pm. The students had our own Thanksgiving Day meal, which was fun. Turkey is not big here at all so we had chicken and some other more traditional tgiving food. Other than that I have been writing like crazy my big paper on the project I did the past month. I just turned it in and presented it to the class so now I am done with ...

... are all considered within a different racial battles) locals and travelers, and still I am no closer to understanding any solutions. Time I guess is the only fix they can hope for, I keep having to remind myself how recent everything is. That is one aspect I loved about Cape Town; there were whites, blacks and coloureds all in bars together, even having relationhips together; a lot of the country is years away from anything like this. But still, I ...

... and also people-watching down on the beach, we are still amazed at just how cosmopolitan it is here - it's a world away from Vaalwater! ----------- We have decided not to go to Cape Town on the Baz Bus after all - after doing some calculations (and having got rather attached to our little Toyota Tazz!) we will be driving ourselves down to Cape Town. So, we set off for Coffee Bay tomorrow where we'll stay for a couple of nights.