Zulus

The daily medical bulletin, I woke up far more alive than dead today, so much so I enjoyed my Full English, AND could smell the diesel fumes for the first time in a week!

We left our B&B after a post breakfast walk in futile search of a geocache!

These flowers were hanging off the eaves-trough / gutters around the B&B identify please.

Today were taking a slow drive to the outskirts of Durban, which is on the Indian Ocean. Our only planned stop was at a Zulu village in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.

Along the way we spotted a monkey posing for us so we just had to stop and get a photo!

We slipped into geocaching mode after a couple of hours, and came up to an interesting cache. It was at the site where a British Armoured Train was ambushed back in the second Boer War. The cache was at the grave-site of 4 British soldiers who were killed at the scene. Unfortunately the cache was on the far side of the double rail tracks, so when in Africa etc. I crossed the tracks…. didn’t feel right but. Found the cache, got a wave and a “toot” from a passing train driver, and fled back to the other side.

Back safely on the other side was another plaque to the same incident, this one commemorating the capture of (The) Winston Churchill who was a young journalist on the train!  the capture of (The) Winston Churchill who was a young journalist on the train!

Again we followed the back roads rather than the motorway to our next stop, even had to use the A/C at times as the temperature hovered around 30C.

Fortuitously we arrived at the village with a minute to spare before the tour began. The tour comprised explanations of Zulu culture, their dances and their houses.

Because I am; Lazy, over full, tired choose as necessary, below are the pictures only

The reason for the overfull feeling is that we’ve just returned from the local pub after consuming 1 pint of beer, 1 8oz glass of wine, 2 excellent main course and two deserts for $30 Cdn, probably $3 US by now!!

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