Beach Durban

... trees that grow in water, if you haven't seen one you should google it they are neat. and there was a bunch of crabs and Phillip got to see a crab and he had never seen one that big before. Then we went to the beach! We literally got 20 minutes for playing/swimming but it was still fun :) the indian ocean is brutal! The waves are huge!

And that night a monkey tried to come into our ...

... works. When you ask locals most of them contradict themselves so it is really difficult to know exactly what is going on.

From my perspective, Apartheid might be long gone but it seems that the disparities are still very big and that the whites still have most of the wealth of the country. I keep thinking how can a country that is clearly 90% black have been ruled whites with such a discriminating government? I guess we’d have to look deep into history …

... we had Joshua from the Congo; he did not speak French but was saying that they have 450 different dialects there. Just before we set off every driver give us a little speech about the times and what's going to happen on the way. Joshua told us I quote "We have a 2 hour drive nonstop, I can stop for toilet but not for smoking unless it is weed!" Everyone sort of laughed but I think he was not joking at all. He ...

... liked. We walked for a good 2 hours or so aimlessly. It was fun, although once we got to a gas station we talked to the clerk who directed us where exactly the beach is. The worker was an Indian South African. Apparently Durban is home to the biggest collection of Indians outside of India. The worker did not fail to make several racial comments on the route on how to get to the beach and about the blacks who might target us. We finally made it to the beach ...

... we got up off the floor and managed to stop laughing, Fiona and myself attempted to play a little on our mini beach... until we realised that the jelly fish seemed to be having more fun! We found one with a metre long tentical...effort... thing... and decided against our little excursion... trailing back up the hill with our heads down we tanned instead... fiona unfortunately, having an even worse time with her bikini top that broke!... well what ...

... the street from the Indian Ocean, not bad. It is occupied by some characters as most hostels are, like Ben the crazy Isreali who as soon as he found out i worked for the US government began pumeling me with the great things Isreal does for the world. He never did understand that i dont do foreign policy, and he is obsessed with the game of checkers. By the end of the night a couple showed up who are from ...

... his arm in when the Baz Bus came by. His arm hit the mirror which folded into the window, smashing glass accross our driver, the dash and to the seat behind it, (where Kevan was sitting.) No one hurt (well maybe the kid but he sauntered off, never to be seen again) and Kevan was the fortunate one to head into the police station with the driver to witness the event. We arrived in Durban without any more accidents and are currenly relaxing in an internet cafe after a gruelling day ...