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Saturday night bloodshed *WARNING BRUTAL
... on with a slither of tendon. He has definitely lost it I think.
Another drunk driver brought in moaning about his self-inflicted knee pain at the nurses station suddenly seems even more unsavoury. What a night. December is a busy month in a place not known to be quiet.
Half a sleep as we drive home at 8am o’clock we ponder in silence. I guess this is why we came here. Scenes and experiences for life.
Follow up:
The gun ...
Elephants
... 50 metres from the Indian ocean. The surf is very strong (it'll be wonderful to fall asleep). Swimming at your own risk, the board says that there are no sharks nets! I have a beautiful room, probably the biggest of anyone in my group. They are jealous! We are flying to Cape Town tomorrow morning (2 hour flight) and we say goodbye to our driver/guide, Gilbert. He has been wonderful. I hope to be able to use the laptop more ...
Play at Lily
... was quite scary. John did his best to power through all 3 trenches but the last one was so deep that the car crunched and was damaged so needed to be sent away to the garage- we were car-less for the rest of the time. The next day we found out that the people had been rioting as one of their children had been knocked down by a car and they wanted speed bumps. Some of the other volunteers had also been caught in the trench and ...
Arrival in Durban
... i am now.
Matt and Dave arrive here tomorrow, and we've hired a car for the duration of our stay, which is essential really for this area. Itl cost us about 600rand each for the whole week which is nothing in comparsion to the fees we'd have to pay for cabs.
Im gonna relax a bit today, im really highly strung, a bit downed, and beyond exhausted. Il go walking soon enouh and see what i can find in the area :)
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On the Beach
... dinner in a place called Moyo and African themed restaurant with music
and dancing - a very tourtisty day but good fun. Get lost on way home,
though not too much, roads are empty so if u need to stop in the middle
of a set of cross roads, no problem. Make it home eventually though
Friday our last day - wow - it has been brilliant. Dolphins at breakfast
(very nice with scrambled eggs!!!) again and so I am told ...