Fir Tree Durban
85-6 Marine Parade Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 4001, South Africa
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Western facilities
... of all good or cool.
For a long time in Africa I have been craving a visit to the cinema, I think my last was in the South of France. This evening I scratched that itch and headed off to the cinema, excited to see the new Planet of the Apes or Cowboys v Aliens, a good all round action movie. Unfortunately when I arrived the only films showing, with the exception of Columbiana, were chick ...
A Birthday in Sandy India
The first thing you need to know about Durban is that it is beautiful. Located a few hours north east of Port Elizabeth, it is also perched along South Africa’s coastline where the warm tides of the Indian Ocean playfully kiss its shores. Its tropical, humid air and deep heat make the landscape lush and vibrant with palm trees and flowers peeking out at you from every bend.
The city is large, developed and sprawling but ...
Sunshine & Wild Coasts of SA
... industry and found it cheaper to live out in J'Bay for nine months.
Met a Brasilian couple who had driven their 4x4 from Sao Paulo to Miami...had it shipped to Holland, and had made the overland trip to South Africa via the middle east...quite a journey. It's just one of the insopirational stories you hear... like the guy who is walking from Cape Town to Cairo...he works out it will take him 12 years of his life!
Stopped off at Storm's ...
Be Easy Zambezi
... i drink barely anything, but the funniest thing about it was that there was a dutch guy there that was so broken up about them losing in the world cup, and everytime someone messed up in the game or said something he didnt like he would pull out a yellow card from his back pocket and give it to them, and then he would pull out a red card.
The following day was a saturday and it was time to see Victoria Falls. I walked to the bus station at the ...
Weekend Getaway at the Beach
... their lives before going on to college. They were enjoying a journey through Africa for as long as they could before starting their lives back in Israel. Their group started with 6 men but one of them broke his foot playing football on the beach a few weeks ago. The rest moved on while the two stayed at Irie in tents for free in exchange for helping Frank out.
We talked a lot about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and their perceptions of it. One of the first ...


