South Africa continued (minus 2)

Trip Start Jun 29, 2006
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Trip End Jun 29, 2007


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Saturday, February 17, 2007

I stayed at the resort that is Sarah and James' house in the suburbs of Jo'burg.  We had a fantastic Tapas dinner with a friend of there's Mario.  I can't remember too much about the food but the margaritas were fabulous ;)  At this point I had to rethink my travel plans and wanted to hold off going to Ethiopia until my friend arrived at the end of February.  I made a plan to go and visit Dave and Rejane in the Eastern Cape.  They run a fabulous lodge called Bulungula on a beautiful part of coastline.  If you are ever down this way I suggest you put it on your places to visit list. 
 
www.bulungula.com
 
There I spent 9 blissful days walking along the beach each morning to the Xhora River and catching up on my reading and writing.  It was nice to see old friends and meet some new 1. Bulungula River
1. Bulungula River
 .  I certainly enjoyed my time with Penny and Liesl who made me feel like one of the family whilst I was there.  Penny and I embarked on a mission to deliver the first local newspaper in Xhosa to the printers on time.  I'm yet to hear how the final print looked but I'm sure the locals would have enjoyed reading it!
 
On my final night around the fire, I came up with an idea that would change the rest of the year somewhat.  It was just unexpected enough to work!  The following day I said a fond farewell to all and whilst I sat for 7 hours at the Umthatha Shell Ultra City waiting for my overnight bus to Jo'burg to arrive I started to put that in to action.
 
My final two nights again were spent with Sarah and James who as always were wonderfully hospitable.  Thanks to Sarah for running me around and helping me to arrange my next tour and James for making the best cocktails (and Indian cauliflower dish), around ;)  My flight back to Uganda was booked for Sunday 18th February.  I never quite arrived........
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