The Benjamin Durban

... cramped spaces and bags on laps, as well as a welcome glut of snack and toilet stops.<br><br>So we are now in Durban in another lovely guest house - where we plan to take in the sights, eat bunny chow (hollowed out loaves of bread filled with stew) and drink several martinis in the local bar's happy hour. Oh, and we are also picking up a car (before the martinis!) which we can't wait for!<br><br>A&amp;Lx<br><br><br>

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>

... the shops were mostly owned by Indians.<br> <br>We then made a stop at the City Hall to see the neo-Baroque architecture, Sophia falling asleep in her stroller. We enjoyed an impromptu performance from some kids who danced and sang for us with only a drum for accompaniment. There was also a huge crowd gathered to watch a Zulu sangoma (spiritual healer) speaking with a microphone while concocting some sort of traditional treatment with something ...

... sounded like a landing airplane : ) : ) but no problems. Clean rooms, plenty of showers with hot water but they have transparent shower curtains which is a bit pointless??!!! Durban is a big city with a large Indian population ~ head to the Indian area for a fantastic curry (in the words of Shaarad). As in any major city watch your back, be sensible and you're fine. We were told not to walk to the local supermarket but we did and we had no trouble. We spent ...

... liberation hero in place of a man who served Durban. Though somewhere I saw a Che Guevera street, that's fine with me. Anyway, there was a photo in the paper of our city's fathers pulling faces at each other as they stormed out in a tantrum. Another project quite far behind now is the redevelopment of the port area. Its very much a working port, the busiest in Africa, but the city has wanted to make use of all the waterfront development potential for a long time. I ...

... On Sat. morning we drove to Storms River and checked into the Tsitsikamma Backpackers for the night. We went into town and booked our 2.5 hr. canopy tour in Tsitsikamma National Park. The canopy tour involved sliding down zip lines at heights of 100 ft above the ground from one platform to the next for a total of 10 slides. I got so excited on the first long, fast slide that I forgot ...

... Bush administration's $15 billion, five-year plan to fight AIDS in 15 target countries, most of them in Africa. Unfortunately, while Mr. Zuma remembered what A stood for "Abstinence until marriage", he couldn't remember the B, which stands for "Be faithful", and the C, which stands for "Condomise." The evidence that ABC is changing behavior is quite spotty as presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference in August 2006. Many ...

... flight to Capetown leaving on Friday and she was leaving on a bus that night. We had all of Thursday and after driving around Durban the day before we decided there wasn't much do to so we booked a day trip to Drakensburg and Lesthoto (another seperate little country). We had to get up at the ungodly hour of 5 am to leave by 5:30. It was a 2 hour or so journey to Drakensburg and then we transfered from a car ...

... a really beautiful spot, but my camera battery had died and I didn't realise, so there are no pictures I'm afraid &#8211; you'll just have to take my word for it! The hostel here is empty other than two German girls who are leaving in a couple of hours, so it's very quite. I went for a bit of a swim in the sea and got knocked over quite a lot as it's so rough. I was going to try and surf a bit, but I can't even swim in it without getting dragged under so I think ...

Yo bru's howz it? That's as much south african slang im gonna use on here without you lot ripping the **** out of me! If you want more let me know! After another loooooong bus trip i arrived in Durban for a few days to chill out and meet my cousin's fiance's parents for a braii. The relation is a bit distant but they were very ...