Garden Court South Beach Durban

On Wednesday I managed to live through my 2 midterms... we shall see how they went but for now i think they went ok. I spent most of today with the biology students because they opened up their last field trip to treasure beach to others so I went along. It was pretty fun, we left at 8:30 and started out at the Bluff in Durban. I really liked this area of the coast because it reminded me of California ...

... on Cryws Road in Cardiff (Marc will know what I mean). So I ended up having an English breakfast, paid the bill but decided to go the loo before going. On the way to the toilets were a few freezers which is quite unusual and also a big cockroach on the floor - I think it was dead but at least they could have cleared it up to pretend it was clean!!


Anyway, back to the fact that I hardly see any white people around. The only other white people I saw were a ...

... area was not the best and neither was the hostel actually. The hostel was in what seemed to be a block of flats and as we walked up the stairs we could hear a lot of kids screaming, a little bit like a play ground – I learnt later that it was a holiday camp as it was the school holidays.


The dorm itself was kind of standard but you should have seen the state of their so called safe. I started to ...

... Monday. Baz Bus is the sort-of-hippie-bus that shuttles backpackers back and forth along the coast between Cape Town and Jo’Burg, but it also goes some places ‘normal’ buses don’t go from here, like Swaziland. They pick up and drop off right at the door of selected hostels, also. That’ll put me here for four more days, so I’ll get caught up with Internet if nothing else, as long as my crippled computer holds up ...

... was quite basic with no phone or internet and we have both been eaten alive by all sorts of creepy crawlies. Durban is great, lots of cool food like Bunny chow, Im sure Vik will update you on that. Gotta go before my internet time runs out but will try to finish this tomorrow.

... way. We also stopped at Butterflies for Africa - some amazing butterflies and monkeys, and then headed up past the uMangi river to look at the Howick Falls - a waterfall which was very impressive! After much shopping for goats cheese, candle dipping and smarties we headed home for dinner. Pictures coming soon. Love Becs and Michaela

... did a lot of reading in a textbook on play therapy at home to make up some of the hours. I'm really discouraged with all the illness I've encountered since I arrived here. Louise, Ingrid (another volunteer), and Liz have all told me how they got sick very often the first few months that they worked with the children as they carry so many germs and their bodies weren't used to fighting them. After a while, they said that ...

... fine in low tide cause there were stepping stones across! However, the stones disappeared in high tide & we had to take the long way!! Did a hike in the rain to the 'Hole in the Wall' which took about 4 hours! Also did a cultural tour of a local Xhosa traditional village - definitely an eye opener! I'll not be marrying a South African man ...

... 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.