Thursday, March 26, 2009
Karkloof Canopy Tour
The Drakensberg Mountains
We went back after this and had a glass of the most delicious wine and took a dip in the pool as the sun was setting. It was lovely. That night we went to a buffet dinner at one of the golf resorts nearby. They had some great food and a huge selection. They called it a mega buffet. While we were eating we met some people from Cape Town who were there for a conference. They invited us to have a drink after dinner so we hung out with them all night. It was fun to talk to them and to learn more about South Africa from another perspective.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Weekend Adventure
This weekend we are heading northwest to the Drakensberg Mountains. We are staying in Champaigne Valley in a little B&B called River Crossing. We are driving up today and leaving Sunday. We plan in doing some hiking, maybe some abseiling and on our way home we are going to do a 3-hr canopy tour in Karkloof. More to come after this weekend! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend too!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
St. Lucia and Cape Vidal








Monday, March 16, 2009
African Safari in Hluluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve

















Wednesday, March 11, 2009
King Edward Hospital






Tuesday, March 10, 2009
uMlazi
We toured the township of uMlazi on Sunday. It was a very eye-opening experience. It is the biggest township in Durban and it is separated into different areas which are named with the letters of the alphabet. It is so big that they had to start using aa, bb, cc, etc. There are about 750,000 people living in this "small" area (small for the population). Everyone is very poor but certain areas are worse than others. There is an area called 17 section which was nicknamed "Uganda". People on one side of the land support the ANC (African National Congress) and the other side supports the IFP (Inkatha Freedom Party). Those that support the ANC live in this area:
These pictures are of a home that we were able to go in to see what the living conditions were like. This family had electricity but it was very dangerous because they have a very leaky roof so when it rains the electrical cords get wet. Often the people have to cover themselves with plastic when they sleep to keep dry.
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