From Swaziland we continued our trip as originally planned. We went by minibus taxi to St Lucia, South Africa. St Lucia is the only town in the world completely surrounded by a national park. The park is the iSimangaliso Wetlands, a world heritage site. Because of the immense biodiversity, the wetlands has a wide array of animal and plant species as well as a number of micro-climates and geographical zones. We did a night drive and saw many of the usual suspects including a group if rowdy nocturnal elephants. We also saw in the day a huge family of mongooses and chameleons.
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| Welcome back to South Africa. |
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| A great place for a swim (if you're a hippo). |
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| He didn't camouflage in with the asphalt too well. |
I made my "homecoming" to Durban finally on the 7th of October. In Durban we shoved in all the social life we hadn't had since our desert camping in Namibia. We started with going out to the same old university bars, the next night was the Springboks vs All Blacks rugby match, and Sunday was The Color Run 5km. During the week we moved very temporarily in with my host family from my research days to get some much needed family time and had lunch dates during the days.
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| The Springboks didn't stand a chance. |
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| After |
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| Durban city and the old flat. |
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| A family reunion |
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