Day 15: Coming home

On our last morning, I woke up early to watch the sun rise over the Indian Ocean. From our vantage point on the balcony, we have a good view of the human activity that happens at daybreak: fishermen, garbage pickers, kitesurfers, joggers.

S and I spent the morning at the beach, climbing around the rocks that were exposed during low tide. As it was Easter Sunday, there were plenty of families and children out. For lunch at the Blue Mango, I tried a Durban specialty, bunny chow, a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry. The crust soaks up all the curry, yum.

We finished packing, said goodbye to C who doesn't leave for another week, and headed to the airport. S and I are on different flights to Jo'burg but the rest of the trips are the same. At the OR Tambo Airport, I found a postal outlet in the food court in the domestic terminal to buy an international stamp to send a postcard.

So, that's my trip, an incredible two weeks spent seeing a lot of different parts of South Africa. I was glad to be able to spend time with S, as she had been away since the start of February. The country is definitely in transition and it takes some time to wrap your mind around how things are done (or not done). I won't soon forget the crazy highways, the beauty of the mountains, the contrast between rich and poor, the charming local accent...

Complete set of South Africa pictures in my Flickr set.

P.S. When I got home, I noticed that Aeroplan had not credited my account with the DUR-JNB and JNB-FRA flights. Tip: hang on to your boarding passes, because the airlines are too lazy to look in their computers to confirm you actually went on their flights.