Endless Horizons Durban

... to split our journey and boarded a minibus for Swaziland, about 1/3 of the way to Durban. It was a miserable day (I think I cursed ourselves bragging about summer last time) and we had our bags getting wet in a trailer on the back - just as we were about to leave a lady near us started to shout and point to her bag. We're not exactly sure what happened but think she was accusing someone of ateling her purse ...

Here I am again with some pictures for you. I will be going to Umlazi on Wednesday to stay and will meet my Zulu friends. I cant wait to see my friend Precious who I met when she was 13 and now she is 18. Having a very good time, although the weather is very weird, really hot for days, then it goes cold.<br>

... started to put my stuff in one of them only to realize that it had been broken into from the side making it completely useless. There was another one that I was able to use but it would be so easy to just break into it.<br><br>There was also no internet access at that time as it was after 8pm &#8211; Great! I need to get the details for the Sani Pass Tour tomorrow but I am sure I can get that from the airport.

... some 20 odd years previously I had watched the very same Dolphin in action. <br><br>uShaka Marine world is the the sea world of South Africa. Centered around a 1920s recreated shipwreck it brings together a number of things to do from visiting the huge aquarium, snorkeling the in the lagoon, taking wild water rides to sampling tasty cuisine next to the Shark tank. I was ...

... of the owners) and a bigger problem of fetal alcohol syndrom. Now there are generations of children unable to function well in society continuing dependence on alcohol. So the community leaders woke up and said... "this isn't a good thing! Lets stop the practice of paying wages in wine" The owners came back at them saying ... "but that's what the workers want!" Well of course it is because they are well and tryuly entrenched in ...

... as a result of the lesions, and her condition is considered terminal. All that can be done for her at this point is to manage her pain. I've never seen anyone in her condition before in my life. As I looked down at the scar that I now bear on my left arm as a result of pre-melanoma sugery last fall, I was overwhelmed by sadness and the reality of how fortunate I really am. I truly enjoy the hospital environment and ...

... and don't think that I ever will. The windows open will hopefully bring some more restful nights. Ironically having just typed what I did, I walked into the kitchen to put my tea cup in the sink and came across the biggest bug ever on my sink. It looked like a roach and had really long antennae. I saw one of slightly smaller size in Melanie and John's kitchen before that had come in one of the open doors. Geckos are OK, but roaches give me the ...

... and not sure what to make of this wacky, weird weather. One of the traffic lights stopped working so we waited for the cars on either side of us to edge forward first before we nervously joined them. A short while later we got back to my mother's office to fetch her and the storm was all but over. Sadly the worst of it in the form of damage was yet to come. That night we found a leak into the flat. Part of the ...

... for a meal, walking up Florida Avenue, Morningside's main street, which is lined with very fancy-looking restaurants and bars. Nearly everyone I saw on the street was white, and rich, apart from the few black homeless beggars. There were one or two white street people too, which actually pleased me; at least there appeared to be some sort of equality in the poverty here. The following day I walked into town, not wanting to take a bus as I wouldn't have known where to get off it ...

The life of a jet-setting scientist rarely includes much of a life, and even less so a jet. So, when I was offered the opportunity of a trip to Durban, I said yes! Wayne, My supervisor from Berkeley California was going to be in town attending a workshop on HIV and disease modelling, and we were invited along. It was the perfect opportunity for Mark, Wayne and I to talk about the potential for my project, and to meet some people who may be able to ...