Just added photos of our last day in Hong Kong and Durban. Head on back in time to see them.
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Just added photos of our last day in Hong Kong and Durban. Head on back in time to see them. Over the last few days we’ve continued to help my parents out with there move. We’re not rushing and doing things bit by bit. But we’re slowly getting through things. Over the weekend, my sister, Jay and Sarah headed off to their home in Port Alfred while Max remained in Grahamstown with his friends and staying over at my parents old home (which is now theirs). Helen and I went to see him play basketball on Saturday morning. On Sunday he popped round to us for most of the day. I took him out to play Ingress. Using the car was a lot easier than walking but it was still a struggle. Torrential storms made visibility difficult and the internet was down for a while. I still think I may be having phone data problems (which can be fixed by tethering one phone through another – bizarre). We were out for quite some time and I think Max very much enjoyed it. Perhaps even more than I did. I still have a few photos to post but haven’t got around to it. Today we have a fair bit to do including visiting the local dentist who we’ve used before. Mainly for checkup but I do have a chip on one tooth that needs to be resolved. PICS TO FOLLOW We had an excellent few days with the Whiskers up in Durban. Nothing strenuous. Just hanging out together, watching cricket, watching the local monkeys, recovering from hangovers, the usual sort of thing. All too soon it was time to leave as Helen and I had to get down to Grahamstown to meet my side of the family there. We had opted to go via bus – a scheduled 12 hour journey. Diane and Gerald took us to the bus station and saw us off. It was nice to have them there as the bus departed half an hour late resulting in our having a little extra time together. The bus arrived in Grahamstown two and a half hours late. You can imagine how much of a chore it was. My sister, Sue, picked us up and we made a brief stop off at my parents to say hello. They were facing their final evening in temporary accommodation before moving into their new home the following day. It was a nice surprise for them as they hadn’t expected us to show for another couple of days. We ended up back with Sue and quite uncharacteristically drank too much wine before going to bed. On Tuesday it was nice to be able to help my parents with their move and settling in. Sue has done most of the work organising their move but every little helps. Since then it’s been a matter of spending time with my parents in their new home. They’re both more active than we’d expected which was great to learn. For now we’ll spend the next few days helping to sort things out resulting from the move and gradually ramp up dealing with our future (and past – taxes !!!!) which all needs to be done. Joy. Very almost a full day as our flight out is at 23:45. So we’ve had a day to fill. This time we really did take it easy in the morning. Well I did. I caught up on the blog while Helen packed. It does work best that way. Around midday we left our bags with hotel and headed out. We had lunch at the Lie Heung Tea House in Central Hong Kong. The food didn’t impress us but it was a real experience eating with the press of Chinese that frequented this popular spot. After lunch we decided to watch a movie, Django Unchained, at the movie theatre in the very posh IFC Mall in the area. We really enjoyed it and at 2½ hours long it certainly killed some time. It had to be one of the most comfortable theatres we’ve ever sat in, complete with polished leather chairs to sit in. After the movie we headed to the roof of the mall which we’d read had great views. It did, as long as we ignored the building work going on in front of us. We did have a small surprise when we recognised, nearby, the building from the TV adaptation of Nobel House by James Clavell. We had thought it might have been torn down since the TV 3 parter. It did look a little dwarfed by the very tall buildings nearby which had gone up since the series but it was there. Feeling as if we hadn’t quite had enough of the crushing press of Chinese locals in the street market we headed off to Chunking Manions and Mong Kok to pic up some last minute pressies. We decided to go to the airport early which was good as the taxi driver dropped us off at the wrong terminal. We then waited at the wrong gate and nearly missed the plane but were found by the airport staff in time. D’Oh. After many interminable hours of flying we had a fast change over at Joberg before flying on to Durban where we were met by Dianne and Gerald from Whiskers. The conversation, beer and wine carried on from where it left off back in French Polynesia in 2010. We’ll be here in Durban for a few days before heading down to Grahamstown to visit my family there. We were in no rush to leave this morning. After breakfast we read for a bit before finally checking out. As intended we drove through the Golden Gate Highlands National Park which reminded us very much of Arizona, in particular the area around Sedona. We spent about an hour in the Basotho Cultural Village which showcased how the Basotho people (who live in Lesotho and the Free State, South Africa) have lived over the last few hundred years and how their villages have evolved. It was all quite interesting except for tasting some of their food. At the beginning we were taken through a mock ceremony with the mock chief where their sourgum based beer was shared with us, the visitors – somewhat reminiscent of our encounters in Fiji. From there we headed to our overnight accommodation at the Impangale B&B where we were greeted by the owner and six out of his seven South African Ridgebacks – the seventh being kept inside following an operation. The place is absolutely superb and looks to be a great stop before we fly out tomorrow. |
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