The Roundhouse 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>

... elevate her elephant as she went round and round. She had a big smile on her face, and the R7 (85c) ticket was a great bargain. We then went on the cableway for R9 ($1.10) and enjoyed views over the pools to the beach and up the Florida-like line of hotels. It was a very nice ride, and Monica joined us for that while Suzan and Jeff walked down to Joe Cool&#8217;s Restaurant. <br> <br>At Joe Cool&#8217;s a crowd had gathered to watch the rugby match ...

... then, all you do is get wet and throw fish over into the tank. After a while they will say something like whoever screams the loudest will be chosen to interact with the dolphins - NOW you can go wild and hope you get picked. When we were there your chances were great, less than 30 people watching the show! The U Shaka complex has nice restaurants, the nicest (according to other travelers) is the one that is set out to be a ship ~your table is next to the ...

... just before the Asian crisis in '98. now the blame was being handed to the credit crunch. About 5 of the thirty or so office and residential blocks were built, over the rest she started scribbling revised completion dates in red ink. One of them read, "??? Maybe never." She, to her credit, actually admitted to me, her potential customer, that she had long since given up trying to speculate on when things would be done, she just played the waiting game now. That's ...

... us some homemade bread and sip of beer. We didn't take an photos of the people, in fear of they would demand money. Some people in some places forbid there photo being taken, and you must ask for permission first and then you are often charged because they think you might sell the photo and make money from it. It was freezing up there. All the local people wrap themselves in blankets. We had lunch up here at the ...

... I'm hoping that a lot of the photos can speak for themselves so you can see what I've been up to. It's difficult to find the time to sit and write about things, especially when the internet is so slow. I'm sure I won't be able to stop talking about it when I get back anyway, so most of you will get to hear all about it at some point!<br><br>For photo highlights of St Lucia and Durban:<br>http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=1562&amp;l=1e052&amp;id=50789 9698

... hey...shut it! Its was intereting to see and hear how the white middle class south african lived and what they thought of their country and the "indigenous people"....say no more. Next stop Pretoria to get picked up for my 4 day walking safari in Kruger Park.....woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cant wait!!! Bring it on babaaaaayyy!! johnx