Day 113: Goodbye South Africa — Hello Mozambique
We dropped two duffles of souvenirs and various send-back items plus one rolled up piece of art at the front desk, hoping they would get into DHL’s hands and eventually...
Category: South Africa
Day 112: Freedom Day — A Big Cleanout — Another Evening at Kath and Matt’s
Today’s our last full day in South Africa. Hard to believe we landed in Joburg from Brazil at the beginning of MARCH! It was a very low-key day as we...
Day 111: Apartheid Museum — Soweto — Braai at Kath and Matthew Rattray’s
Writing this on Saturday morning, April 27. It’s Freedom Day in South Africa. Shout out on the Google home page… Google also told me that, “Freedom Day is an annual...
Day 110: Exploring Creative Inner-City Nabe Maboneng with Guide Bongani
Woke up at the Peech Hotel, which we really like. At 10 this morning we were picked up by our guide for the next two days, Bongani. Bongani’s a young,...
Day 109: Durban to Johannesburg — Trampolining at the Mall
Last night I was on the phone from 8pm to 10:30. I had a call with my brother, catching up and talking through some Headfirst business items. Then chatted with...
Day 108: Mandela Capture Site — Bunny Chow
AAwoke to another gray, rainy day. For a place known as the San Diego of South Africa, this was not the weather we’d been promised!! That’s ok. If it were...
106: Easter Egg Hunt Life Lessons — Random’est Day — Skabenga Barfs
Happy rainy windy Easter from Durban! The kids were very excited about the hotel’s easter egg hunt for kids, scheduled for 10 am. We showed up right at 10 am...
Day 107: Market Tour — Lunch at Surf Riders Cafe — Family Bike Ride in the Rain
We started the day with a two hour tour of the downtown Durban markets, found on Airbnb Experiences. There were several distinct markets with thousands of sellers — a blend...
Day 105: Reptile Show — Trash for Mock-Mojitos — Dinner at the Lighthouse Bar — Early Bedtime
We hit the breakfast buffet at the Oyster Box then came back to the room with the intention of doing a couple hours of school. Willa had a meltdown that...
Day 104: Last Safari Game Drive — Arrival in Durban
Almost two full weeks of safari came to a close today. We woke for a final, abbreviated game drive with Al and Sydney. We mostly took it easy — there...