Today was the Australian open final which we watches murray get hammered in, whilst droning lots of tea, trying to tame my hangover. Later that day we travelled to a different suburb in Durban to the Netal sharks board to see a shark dissection! Started with a short film about sharks in the area, and how the sharks board prevent attacks using shark nets off the Durban coastline. They actually catch the sharks and also use bated lines, effectively reducing the am...

We landed early morning and had arranged a pick up for our arrival. We eventually were found by our slightly mental host in his red van. After sleeping until the mid afternoon we headed out in search of an Irish pun near by which will apparently be showing the various football and more importantly, rugby games being played that night. Stormers defeated last years super 14 winners the Bulls, but England let down by loosing to Ireland, although still winning the ...

Our lay day in Cape Town was again a sad one. We had to say goodbye not only to Thea with our early morning chats over tea, amazing food, great company and homely welcomes, but to everyone else we had met. I shall miss Thea a lot and will hopefully see her in England next year. Maureen and Christo had been just great to us. They would pick us up and take us to shopping centres for a walk and an ice cream, followed after by a stunning food and friendly chats. Th...

Today we were meant to be flying to India.... Due to the Indian consulate in Cape Town only being able to offer advice on acquiring a visa until May when they will be able to issue them directly, we had to apply to Johannesburg. This takes 7 working days to process and we discovered this 7 working days before we flew, which would have been a risk. We therefore extended our flights to the 19th, and thankfully Thea didn't mind us staying a tad longer. I was happy...

Tom and I left Thea for a couple of days to stay in the centre of Cape Town on Long street. We met up with Mike, which was a great reunion that comprised of a good final few beers on Long street, and at one stage Mike and I ended getting a lid back in a police car who's officers must have felt sorry for our lost selves. We also rented a car for a day and headed down the cape to see some amazing views, lovely little wine towns and Simons town which played host to...