We had a great time breaking up our time in the wild with a little stopover in Durban on our road trip. Durban has a huge Indian community, so the food is awesome. We had great curries every night and spent afternoons walking the city beaches.
From Durban we headed north up the coast to Sodwana Bay, a beautiful place a bit south of the border of Mozambique. Jennifer got her scuba certification, and Jim got an advanced open water certification. We only got to dive together a couple of times :) but managed to see some beautiful water life - green turtles, moray eels, giant potato bass (as big as Jennifer!!), and amazing live corals. Aside from vomiting at the end of every dive waiting for the boat to head back to shore (Jennifer gets very seasick!!) it was an amazing week at scuba camp.
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| A camera shot back towards the city of Durban. |
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| Beers on a big pier over the Durban Waterfront after a long morning beach walk. |
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| Hanging out on the beach! |
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| Who needs an ocean when there is a gigantic pool that is 2 feet deep? This was a spectacle to behold! |
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| A Durban beach two days before Christmas. There are certain sections of the beach for swimming that are about 100 meters wide and tightly policed by lifeguards. Kids from all around pack into those 100 meters to get their chance at diving and jumping into the waves. |
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| Body surfing! |
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| Spacious tenting--with an end table! |
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| Our little vacation rental for 6 nights! |
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| The pretty waters of Sodwana Bay. We had mostly overcast days, but that was OK with us because once the sun came out it felt like being in a humid oven. |
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| This is the chill version of Sodwana Bay. There were 50 more boats and trailers on the beach the day before--the Sunday after Christmas. But, Monday seemed to be much more relaxed. |
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| The Red Dirt Road Song by Brooks and Dunn comes to mind. |
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| Did you know cows could be cute? |
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| These guys really don't care what you're driving--they stand in the way until they're ready to move. |
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| A beautiful shot of the hills after a big rain. |
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