Gumtree Lodge Durban

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Reflecting on another COP gone by

A travel blog entry by maia

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... I mentioned in
the only post I wrote during COP, it can be hard to be a Canadian at
these conferences, and this year was no different. We won Fossil of
the Year again, and I think that we actually won the Colossal Fossil
for winning Fossil of the Year for five years in a row, although I'm
not sure, because this should have been the 6th year.
Either way – Canada didn't perform any better this year, and I am
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Eating in Durban

A travel blog entry by ranger_franklin

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Drove down to Durban to meet my friend Jamie. Durban is not all that interesting especially since we ticked off the one suggested activity we wanted to do in the first hour. That was to eat a 'bunny chow'. There is a huge community of Indians in Durban and a bunny chow is basically half a loaf of bread, hollowed out and filled with curry. It was pretty good. We stayed in a backpacker cabin at the bluff which had beach views. Not bad for A$50 for 3 people. Was a really ...

Born from the boom box

A travel blog entry by sarahbellecher

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... we had a braii (south african bbq) and invited the older boys from the orphanage to join. Started off a bit slow and they were you're typical non-talkative adolescents but with a few burgers down them and some fizzy pop they soon became chattier. Bear and frog man (john and si) did a cracking barbie and us girls made salsa, coleslaw and potato salad it all went down a right treat!!! The evening livened up and the house brother ...

Land Rover Experience in Durban

A travel blog entry by marinafaycal

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The guy who kept the car for us in Johannesburg suggested that we go on a Land Rover Experience day, organized by Land Rover, as neither of us have any real 4x4 experience. We heard that there was one in Durban so we contacted them as soon as we got there. The nice lady on the phone said, yes there is actually some place for tomorrow, otherwise fully booked until end of march. The course turns out to be for free ! In other words you ...

Whirlwind

A travel blog entry by thebigone

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... run was occurring. The sardine is a local phenomenon which occurs once a year in Durban where migrating sardines pass very close to the shoreline. Durban council even removes the shark nets so the sardines can get even closer to shore where it is easier for local fishermen to net the fish. So many sardines are caught that the nets have to be dragged onto land by jeeps. Attracted closer to the shore by the sardines were also stingrays, one ...

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