OUR TIME HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA IS JUST ABOUT OVER AND TODAY WAS A DAY OF SHOPPING AND SIGHTSEEING. OUR DAY BEGAN WITH A TRIP TO AN OUTSIDE MARKET WITH STANDS OF FOOD AND ITEMS FROM PLANTS TO CATCHMENT EQUIPMENT TO JEWELRY AND TOYS AND NATIVE WARE. PLENTY OF THINGS TO LOOK AT AND PEOPLE TO WATCH. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS MARKET IS WATCHING ALL THE DOGS THAT PEOPLE BRING OUT TO MINGLE WITH OTHER DOGS AND FOR PEOPLE TO OOGLE OVER. I HAVEN'T SEEN A DOG FIGHT YET BUT ENJOYED THE GREAT COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE MUFFINS--YUMMY!
IT WAS THEN OFF TO THE INDIAN MARKET IN DURBAN BY WAY OF A FEW AREAS SUCH AS THE CATO DISTRICT. THIS IS AN AREA OF POVERTY WITH SHACKS AND A CONTINUOUS SEA OF ROOFS. ANYTHING FROM CORRIGATED TIN TO CARDBOARD. SOUTH AFRICA IS IN THE PROCESS OF A CENSUS AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY COULD POSSIBLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
AFTER A VISIT TO THE INDIAN MARKET IT WAS A WALKING TOUR OF THE MUHTI-MEDICINE-MARKET SO THAT THE NEWBEES CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE REAL AFRICA, BOTH IN SIGHT AND SMELL. WE EXTENDED OUR WALK TO OTHER AREAS OF THE MARKET THAT I HAD NOT VISITED BEFORE. PLENTY OF SANGOMOS-MEDICINE MEN-IN THE MARKET TO CURE ANY DISEASE YOU MAY HAVE. I AM GLAD I FELT WELL!!
OUR AFTERNOON CONCLUDED WITH A TRIP TO THE INDIAN OCEAN TO WIGGLE YOUR TOES IN AND ENJOY THE BREEZES. PLENTY OF SWIMMERS AND SURFERS TODAY. THERE IS ALWAYS A FEW CONTAINER SHIPS WAITING OR ON THEIR WAY IN TO THE HARBOR AFTER ALL THIS IS THE BUSIEST PORT IN ALL OF AFRICA.
TOMORROW WE WILL BE CATCHING OUR FLIGHT AT AROUND 5:00 AND THEN BACK TO THE STATES.
IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER WONDERFUL AND REWARDING TRIP HAD BY ALL WITH MORE FRIENDS MADE AND OTHERS REVISITED.
Another great job Ken.
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