Paradise Found in South Africa
After quickly exiting Swaziland (well not so quickly – 40 minutes at the border gate), we finally found ourselves back in South Africa and breathing a sigh of relief. We drove through Zulu Land, stopped at some scary, dirty little town for KFC, drove over a bridge and found it...Paradise by the name of St Lucia.
St Lucia is about two and a half hours north of Durbin (well we hope it’s only that far away as that’s our next stop). It is a pretty little beachside village where the ocean water and the pool water sit at about 30 degrees Celsius. My perfect temperature. This town is apparently crime free, so for the first time in South Africa we have no security guard or gate around the property. The only dangers we face maybe hippos walking down the main street at night. I can handle that.
The accommodation is perfect, we all relaxed as soon as we entered. Our rooms are large and private and surrounded by tropical plants. We do have to keep our windows closed in case monkeys enter and raid our mini bar! The pool is about ten metres from our door; breakfast is buffet (as per usual). How can we complain?
Today we entered the local wetland park for our final self drive safari in search of buffalo. We all had our eyes peeled to the wet plains in the hope of finding just one buffalo, as we were scared that David would never let us leave the country until we did. And yes, we found plenty. Not as close as David would like (not like a Shiduli experience), but close enough for all of us to bring closure to the final search for the ‘Big 5’. We also saw zebra, monkeys, nyala, kudu, water bucks of some sort and finally beautiful baboons.
This evening we are going out in search of our final South African animal – the hatchlings of the leatherback and loggerhead turtle. We don’t leave until 10.15pm and won’t return until 4am, so tomorrow should be relatively quiet. Fingers crossed we see the little turtles.
Hi Dave & Nat, sounds like you're having a ball. Glad to hear you spotted plenty of Hippos & Dave is happy for you to leave the country. Egypt should be interesting (assume that part of the trip is subject to change...your timing not quite ideal there). We've got an issue with the cooktop & oven @ Emma Ct...apologies for interupting your holiday but wanted to keep you up to speed. Kerry's comments below. Please advise or contact me at your earliest convenience....Wayno
ReplyDeleteTenants are having problems with both the cook top and oven heating. Rob Whitham attended the property to advise that basically both the cook top and the oven have had it and will need replacing.
Brian managed to get some great prices from The Good Guys at Capalaba as the size of the cook top and oven are unusual. The cook top price came down to $565.00 including GST and the oven came down to $490.00 including GST, but we will need to move quickly.
Wow. You have really great adventures. Exploring those wonderful places and taking a great holiday at South Africa. St. Lucia is a famous tourist destination in South Africa. It's one of the attractions during luxury holidays in South Africa.
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