Silverhill

Silverhill

After a very relaxing 2 week cruise my old man was kind enough to stop off in Durban and spend the Easter weekend with us. Thursday night was very relaxed. My dad had arrived in the morning, and spent the day at my house washing his 2 shirts which he had worn for the last …

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Beer Pong

Beer Pong

Beer pong is a drinking game consisting of 2 teams of 2 players. Each team stands at opposite ends of a long table, and sets up 10 beer glasses into the shape of a triangle. The beer glasses are then partially filled with beer. Each player in team 1 is then given a ping pong …

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Crazy 80s!

Crazy 80s!

My phone rang, and when I answered it, I was greeted with perhaps the most excited Sharon I’d ever heard. She’d won 4 tickets to see a show at the Elizabeth Sneddon theatre. After phoning around Graham and Robyn agreed to join us, and we met at theĀ theaterĀ for the “Crazy 80s”. The show is put …

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Lotheni Baby!

Lotheni Baby!

The first of the Easter-time, long weekends has sadly come to an end. The good news is that it wasn’t wasted, as Sharon and I join Western and Karen for an awesome three days at Lotheni. Unfortunately, since we both have new jobs, we had to drive up early on Saturday morning rather than the …

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Jet Ski Fishing At Umdloti

Jet Ski Fishing At Umdloti

At 4am on Sunday I was up and ready for the epic Baha Boys deep sea fishing trip. Nick and I hooked up the Jet Ski and headed for Umdloti, stopped at a garage of course for a quick coffee and kak (you can’t go at sea). At 5:30am we pushed the ski into the …

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St Lucia

St Lucia

On Saturday morning we were on the road just after 4am, coffee at the ready. The trip went by relatively quickly with just a short stop to grab a Red Bull. Just before 7am we pulled into the “complex”, La Rochelle, where everybody was waiting. After nearly two years of dating Sharon I finally met …

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Hluhluwe/Imfolozi

Hluhluwe/Imfolozi

At 3:30am my alarm went off, Sharon I made a flask of coffee, packed the car, and were on the road by just after 4. On the drive to Umfolozi we had a good breakfast of egg mayonnaise sandwiches and filter coffee. We had decided to enter the park through the Hluhluwe gate and make …

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Colmonell Rainbow

Colmonell Rainbow

On Sunday I got up at the usual 5am, packed my fishing kit, and met Shaun in the parking lot. We headed for Colmonell, stopping for the mandatory cup of coffee. By 7am we were on the water, and at around 8am I pulled out one of my better Rainbows; a hen fish weighing in …

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Finally, My Cast Comes Off

Finally, My Cast Comes Off

82 days after snapping my Achilles, including 80 days of being stuck in a cast, and the doctor had finally decreed that my Achilles was on the mend and we could take off the cast. So before work Sharon drove me down to the hospital to see Dr Bremer (Luckily there was no waiting as …

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