Sunday, April 24, 2011

Getting ready for the big day!

There is sooooo much to learn about South Africa and Durban and I want to see it all! I want to dive with the sharks, play with lion cubs, pet crocodiles, cuddle with penguins, hold monkeys and go on safari in Kruger National Park.

To do list for Cape Town:
- Dive with sharks
- See penguins on Foxy Beach or Boulders Beach
- Visit Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated (get a tour by a former inmate)
- Climb Table Mountain (Cable car one way and walk the other)
- Visit a vineyard
- Do some caving
- Long Street (an apparently happening part of the city where tourists go)

If there's time, I would like to visit Slave Lodge (museum of slave trade history), and Imizamo Yethu (a township where the residents give tours).

So far for Durban, I have:
- Visit the beach
- Take surfing lessons
- Visit uShaka Marine World (http://www.ushakamarineworld.co.za/)
- Fitzsimons Snake Park (http://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/kwazulunatal/fitzsimons-snake-park/)
- Visit a sugar plantation
- Experience the nightlife on the beachfront, Florida Road area in Morningside suburb, and around Musgrave Road in Berea
- Eat seafood at King's Battery Development at New Point Waterfront
- Go on a boat ride with KZN Sharks Board (http://www.shark.co.za/)
- Eat Indian food at Ulundi in the Royal Hotel downtown on Smith Street (http://www.infosight.co.za/wheretoeat_restaurant/UlundiRestaurantAtTheRoyalHotel/3096/604/3/directory/)
- Shop at The Wheel and The Workshop and see the African Art Centre (http://www.durban.world-guides.com/durban_landmarks.html and http://www.theworkshopcentre.co.za/ and http://www.afriart.org.za/contentpage.aspx?pageid=4685)
- Shop at the Victoria Street Market (http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/discover/shopping/markets/vsm/5740 or http://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/kwazulunatal/victoria-street-market/)
- Visit the Natural Science Museum (http://www.africa-adventure.org/d/durbannaturalscience/ or http://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/kwazulunatal/visit-durban-natural-science-museum/)