August 14, 2013
First of all, I can't believe we've been on the move for 2 weeks now! We are all STILL enjoying each other's company too!! Seriously, that is when you know you are a great team!! It's been so enjoyable putting names to faces, places to stories and learning about another culture. When I first met Dick's parents (and every meeting since) we always came away with a discovery. Being around someone's family and/or long time friends, sharing thoughts and getting to know them more, we seem to learn more about ourselves and the person who is connecting us together....Thus our saying: "Another piece of the puzzle falls into place". We come to understand and perhaps appreciate that person even more. This is definitely happening during this trip. We always knew that the Thathiah's were pretty special people, but it just ties everything together.
This is our last day in Durban and before we go we head down
to the beach – Indian Ocean – to walk around and get our feet wet!! Lynette and David charter us around and
it reminds us so much of Hawaii.
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Resort area and beautiful path. |
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I think he likes the Indian Ocean/beach in Durban!! |
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Tay and Dick |
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Beautiful area. |
We come back from the beach, take a quick shower and then David took me
for a ride in the Ferrari!! OMG!!!
My mother is reading this blog so I won’t tell you how fast we went –
ask me some time!! HAHAH!!! It was
awesome and surprisingly comfortable!!
I think driving a Ferrari from SF to Merced and Visalia would make the
trip a lot MORE FUN!! Since
we were away to Phinda, Julian had the car ‘decorated’ to advertise his new
book. Again, David had his Nikon,
taking photos which are better…..
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Had time for a ride!!
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and sooooo did I!!! |
After our ride, the ever famous ‘BUNNY CHOW’ lunch was
waiting for us back at the house.
This was the one thing I wanted to make sure we did while in
Durban. I know, MORE FOOD, right?!!!
But, David and Vasi talk about – and made it for us once – this dish is very
popular for the working crowd – almost like us Americans and our burgers for
lunch, this is ‘fast food’ for the working Indians. It does NOT disappoint us either. WOW! Basically it is a lamb curry with
potatoes and carrots. I also tried
the vegetable version and that was really good too! As a side note to eating with the Indian culture – they
don’t use silverware. They use
their fingers most of the time – for everything!! While at Auntie Lily’s house,
she had to make an extra effort to get the silverware out – it was in another
room, in a box! They tell us that
food tastes much better with your hands!
When in SA do what the SA’s do!!
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Nice pic of beautiful kitchen at Julian's before the Bunny Chow arrives! |
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Bunny Chow arrives!!
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Digging in!! Yes, Dick and I shared and ate the whole thing!! Man, I wish I had one right now!! Sooooo good!! |
After our ‘See
ya again’s’ – not goodbyes – it’s off to the airport to head to Cape Town - on
British Airways. The flight takes
about 2 hours. They offer a
sandwich and we all pass on it – nothing can match that Bunny Chow!!
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We arrive in Cape Town about 5 pm, get the rental van and
head to our 'home'. Julian has
made accommodations for us at a 3 bedroom penthouse suite he likes to stay at
when he comes to town – which is almost every week for meetings. The penthouse/marina development is
very secure and very posh!!
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Yup, he likes this one too!! |
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Living room |
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Second dining room table. |
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Living room and another dining room table. |
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Our view of the marina out side the living room window. |
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Yup, that IS Table Top Mountain in the background. Looking out the front window, opposite of the Marina window. |
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Turning to the right, after top photo. Yes, I wanted to swim that length!! TEMPTING!!! But, unfortunately, it was a rainy, cool day. |
We settle in and then walk about ½ mile to a
beautiful enclosed mall – filled with shops and restaurants. Now its about 8:30 p.m. and we find
this seafood restaurant that is recommended by Julian.
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Glimpse of dinner.
Very nice!! GREAT dinner!! It’s late now, after a pretty FULL day.....after dinner we walk back to our penthouse, pinch ourselves and call it a night.
Unfortunately, I haven't had an opportunity to grab David T's photos yet - I know he has some great ones of these times together.....maybe I can update the blogs in the next few days with his pics....until then, mine will have to do...
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