Finally we are back on our own again and staying in a Guest Lodge as opposed to a hotel for the masses. We really like the atmosphere in B&B's or Guest Lodges. Just a whole lot more relaxed!Tomorrow we head back to Canada so this will be my last entry from South Africa (unless something happens today that I just have to get across!).The first day here we spent exploring Table Mountain, wandering around the market streets downtown and visiting the Waterfront...

It's been quite a ride with not a lot of time to get on a computer in between. This morning we begin our journey without a babysitter. We are renting a car and heading to the Cape of Good Hope today.... just Dave, Lynn, Shane and I. Free at last. That's not really fair. We did enjoy our tour very much. These last few days have taken us through some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen. From the pounding surf of the wild coast we have tra...

Just a quick entry today.. the bus leaves in 15 minutes. So.. there is a lot of superstition here in Africa. The thatch huts have sharp glass sticking out o their top knots.. that is to keep the evil owl from lading there and bringing bad luck.If you get home after midnight then you must enter the home backwards to keep the ghosts from entering.If someone is living 'differently'.... whatever that means.. in the community and things start to go wrong th...

Roaring surf pounds the (now) rocky beach here at Coffee Bay. Apparently the beach used to be fine sand abut the Storm of the Century a few years ago left only the heavier rocks behind.Today the sun is shining and hardly a cloud is in the sky. Yesterday, as we drove here from Durban, we went over a mountain pass with at least 8" of snow on the ground. Our guide,m Jonathan, had never made a snowball before so why let a good thing pass? We stopped and had a goo...

It has been a journey of experience and emotion. Of hot and cold both physically and emotionally. A journey to the soul of South Africa.The day we left Swasiland there was a protest closing the three major border crossings. The South African Union organizers are trying to bring workers in Swasiland under their umbrella. They are angry that the King is spending millions of Rand on his 40th birthday celebration (which happens to coincide with the country's ...