The Rhino and Lion park last weekend was amazing! I got to spend time cuddling and wrestling with white lion cubs and brown lion cubs, they were fantastic fun and sooo cute! I did get bitten a couple of times but it was not viciousness just in play.
I have now left Johannesburg on the Bazbus for 2 weeks of exploring. My first stop was Northern Drakensburg at the Ampitheatre hostel. It is mountain area, quite isolated and beautiful. I arrived after lunch on Monday and just went for a walk and had a quiet night. Met 3 Sth African girls, Jana, Celicia & Naomi, I think we were the only ones in the hostel that night.
Tuesday we went on a 12km hike up the mountain which was a lot more effort than I realised at sign up time! Halfway there is a 450m rock scramble which the incline is almost straight up!! I nearly died! The view at the top is breathtaking though. The way down is easier but by no means easy, with chain ladders and just as many rocks to deal with on the way back.
That night we met more people who had also been on our hike, 2 dutch girls Eva and Roxy and 4 English guys, and had a ridiculous party in the bar that included pillow fights, throwing people in the jacuzzi and fitting 12 people into a 3 man sauna!
Tuesday I only had a half day for activities as the bus came at lunch so I went with the Sth African girls on a morning abseil... not the best idea with hangover headspins... however was still nice. Eva, Roxy and I then boarded the bus to Durban where we were staying at different hostels. My hostel was pretty lacklustre.. it was clean and the staff friendly but was kinda in the middle of nowhere and there was maybe 2 other (weird) people staying there. I stayed the first night, going to bed without dinner as there was no close places for food and I did not want to go anywhere by myself.
Wednesday morning I walked around the corner to UShaka Marine World & Wet N Wild. I didn't bother with any of the rides as it was quite cool in the morning, I watched a seal show and dolphin show and just checked out the aquarium before heading off for my dolphin encounter.
We were not allowed to swim with them but we got in the water and were able to pat them and do some tricks with them, making noises and waving and kissing them on the nose. It was very very cool, they are amazing animals and MASSIVE up close. I have pictures and video but they are on disc and my mac doesn't take discs so I have not even seen them yet myself.
After this I did an "ocean walk" where you put on a helmet that allows you to breathe underwater and you just walk around in the aquarium with the fish and stingrays. It was weird but really cool. People walking around the aquarium are watching and waving at you. I have photos of this too, again on disc so will post at a later stage.
Once I got back to the hostel I decided to move and get a room at Tekweni with the Dutch girls as mine was boring, so now we are together and getting the same bus on Saturday morning and heading to Coffee Bay. It is supposed to be amazing beachfront so I am looking forward to just relaxing and maybe a massage as Im still sore from that ridiculous hike!
My room here is very cool its like a little african hut but the location has me close to the front gate and the road so I barely slept due to the people returning to the hostel at all hrs and the club 3 doors down the road who are open till 5am.....
This is Roxi and Eva
Tonight is our last night in Durban and the english boys and the sth african girls should both arrive here today so no doubt there will be a party tonight and a very shitty bus trip tomorrow morning....
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