The Royal Guest House East London

... absolutely beautiful. We were right by the ocean. Britni and I went for a run down the boardwalk on the beach then up through some streets that took us back to the hotel so then we went the other direction on the beach and found that this side was a rocky beach. On our way back we stopped to go admire the beauty of everything and where we were. We found some cool seashells and looked in some tide pools while we climbed around on the rocks. Then we sat on a big rock ...

... few have mastered more than 4. 'No fencing’ (instead of fences) and others have kept us amused.

... alle maendene er lidt for interesseret i hans forhud er det forkerte at gaa i byen i. Vi fik baren til at holde aabent helt til klokken 2. Det er sgu ligemeget hvor Lasse og jeg tager i byen henne, vi er stadig de samme fulderikker.
Vi regner med at blive her indtil paa fredag eller loerdag, for saa at finde vej til Cathcart hvor vi skal wwoofe.
Dagens ord er helt klart babelaas. Det betyder toemmermaend paa afrikaans.

... Oliver was very quick to ask why it was I wanted children.  Hahahah he had a good point. After that entertaining little luncheon we went for a drive to Cintsa East in the hope of finding a shop so we wouldn't have to buy any more food or booze from the hostel.  As luck would have it we found both plus a caravan park opposite with beach at the end of the road.  Now this was more like it.  Jumping in the car we drove back to Buccaneers and checked ...

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been writing! I'm planning to do a massive blog and post it really soon, typing it off-line first as the internet is kinda expensive! So hopefully it should be up this weekend (in South African time which is 9 hours behind Melb) but most likely monday as the office is usually closed on the weekends and i have a hell of a lot to write! Everything is going well though, Im loving it! Cheers all xox

... a guy called Stafford (an Aussie in his late 20s) all volunteer at this School. We then went to Baluka School (don't think that's how it's spelt but oh well) and that was a bit nicer but still so completely different than Aus. Baluka is a bit more organised because the principle is a bit stricter and can actually control the school. Chantelle, Rufus and an Aussie girl in her 20s called Mandy all volunteer at Baluka. After Baluka we went to Ngxingxolo, which ...

... crazy because we'd 'taken her pig away'. When I tried to explain that the pig was still hers but it needed to be with its mummy right now, she ran off to her father and demanded he got it back for her. He placated her for a while, and so she eventually came back to me and stated 'Mark is going to get the pig for me. So why don't you just go and get it for me now?' I've never met such a manipulative child. Needless to say, when we arrived back that afternoon from the ...

There's a kitchen magnet on the fridge here at my folk's place that says "Home is where your mom is". And sure enough - we were welcomed home by my mom & dad who were smiling gleefully in the front row at the East London airport arrivals terminal. Unfailing in their lack of documenting anything with the camera. (which I ...

... and totally undeveloped, a bit more of that "real africa" that everyone seems to be searching for here. Next stop Coffee Bay, then on to Durban. the plan after that is to motor through to Swaziland then pop out to Mozambique for 5-6 days which should be stunning I'm told. Not much to say otherwise, people probably don't want to hear about my incredible snoring antics. However, I'm currently aligned route-wise with a ...

... get into the transkai we have to cross the Kai river, which we did on a tiny little ferry barely bigger than the 4x4. WE were then taken to a community project where we were shown african dancing, how they make medicines and food etc. The roads are very poor and we really needed the 4x4, infact at some points some of us had to get out and sit on the bonnet to get some extra weight on the front to make it up hills ...