Durban Stories


Swinging Swaziland

Swinging Swaziland For high kicks come to Swaziland. This is an independent Kingdom at the NE corner of S.Africa. We were invited to a tribal village and saw the most amazing dancing. The ladies in their bright orange and red costumes kicked their legs so high they seemed to touch the top of their heads with their toes. I’m amazed no-one suffered a...


Hotties, favorite places, and leaving Durban

The day after I got back from Cape Town it was Jane’s turn to host the Hotties walk in the evening, so I went for a walk with them through what seems recently to be Durban’s daily rain shower, and then had some Ostrich lasagna that Jane had made. It was actually surprisingly good, especially considering that it was likely cooked in our microwave co...


Lions, and rock art, and Lesotho, oh my

Finally, a weekend-long trip actually didn’t fall through. Though we were one person short of the group originally planned, the rest of us - me, Lance, and Michele - made it up to the game park as planned. We headed up to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi (originally two parks, now connected into one, hence the really long and hard to pronounce name) Friday aftern...


Mosques, sewage, abseiling into gorges, and things I miss

Someone asked me soon after I got here what I missed about home and I missed so little at that point that the only lame response I could come up with was being able to speak and have everyone understand what I’m saying. I do sort of miss that, but now I’ve developed a much better list, and the winners are: 1) You may be able to guess this one...my ca...