Eshowe

• A short diversion to the heart of Zululand where dad was born and later lived after his parents died.

• Unsuccessful attempt to find a connection to the hostel where dad lived (but it did give mom & dad insight into hostel life as I will know it for the next year!)

• Beautiful hills filled with green sugarcane and the traditional thatched rondavel huts

• We took a risk and bought some extremely fragile clay pots that were made locally in Eshowe. They were what we thought were ridiculously cheap - US$10 to $15, if that - but it would cost us 10 times that to ship them to the US (I'm not entirely convinced they will make it either)**

**Modern day update: they didn't.