Three things we loved most about Kwazulu Natal

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At Ushaka Marine World in Durban
Kwazulu Natal surprised me.
It really captured my heart and for the moment I think it is the best province in South Africa! Three things really stood out for us:

The Beaches

KZN beaches are great - even when it's windy. The weather is great - and when it is winter everywhere else - KZN seems to be at its best! We had a great time at all the beaches we went to; Ramsgate, Uvongo, Umzumbe, Mtunzini, Durban, St Lucia... they all felt safe, were clean and almost all of them had a lifegaurd or two on duty. 

Ramsgate beach

The Mountains
The Drakensberg Mountains are possibly South Africa's most famous mountain range. It stretches for 1000 km from the Eastern Cape into Limpopo Province and has some of the most majestic scenes I have seen in my life. The KZN section of the Mountain Club of South Africa has access to the best spots for rock climbing and hiking, and we will definitely be back for more of that!

Klip Kloof on the banks of the White Umfolozi river
Route 66
We loved the way the Zulu heritage has been preserved on route 66 in KZN. Around Ulundi - there is a whole heritage route that is filled with museums and places of interest and most of these place are FREE!
We stayed in Ulundi for 5 days and enjoyed learning all about their stories and history.

Emakhosini - Valley of Kings
The Wildlife
KZN is wild. It felt sometimes like someone just gave up trying to have the wild animals in parks and reserves and just started letting them roam free. Every river seemed to pose the risk of having a croc in it, every open field could have a leopard roaming free. This forced all of us to learn as much as we could about wild animals in the time we spent there. 
"What do you do when you run into a hippo"... "how to make sure if there are crocodiles nearby"... "what to do when you get bitten by a snake" are just some of the things that governed our conversations for the first few months.

Opmerkings

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The best surfing spots in South Africa along the West Coast (so far)

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Prent
We have been road tripping South Africa for the last 10 months now, mostly along the coast. While we were in KZN, our son went for surfing lessons and the feeling was so awesome, he kept bugging us to get to more surfing spots and surf again. We eventually listened to him and bought a surfboard while we stayed in Langebaan. So, here is a newbie's opinion of where to surf along the West coast, starting in Langebaan. 1. Langebaan We stayed in Langebaan for a whole month in November 2018. We surfed in front of Kokomo's restaurant, where the waves were small enough to handle... or completely non-existent. Langebaan is one of the best places to windsurf and kitesurf... but since we did neither of the two - it wasn't one of our best places to surf. If you are a newbie and wanting to surf, we would recommend going to Muizenberg for that. Langebaan 2. Jacob's Bay We spent a day or two at Jacob's Bay, where there are only a few people and houses, so it feels
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Week 24 (In Afrikaans) - Hondeklipbaai

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Prent
Na 'n naweek van begin skoonmaak en pak en weer ophou het ons Maandag(!) uiteindelik finaal opgepak en aan die gang gekom. Dit het omtrent 3 ure gevat om vir almal totsiens te sê. Dit het gevoel of ons net sowel bietjie langer kon bly... Die kinders se maatjies, Carter en Jayden, en ons liewe tannie Jossie het so lekker laaank met ons gesels voor ons daar weggekom het. Maar toe ons uiteindelik wil ry, toe wil die kar nie "start" nie en die een wiel is pap! Tannie Jossie, by wie ons laaste tee gedrink het, bel toe haar seun en hy ry toe spesiaal om vir ons te kom help. Ons volgende stop was Hondeklipbaai. Die pad soontoe het baie roetes. Almal het ons gemaan om te ry op 'n sekere manier wat bietjie meer kilometers is, maar meer teerpad en minder sinkplaat grondpad. Iewers het ons egter iets misgery en ons is toe op die ou einde omtrent heelpad grondpad tot daar. Dit was ook oraait want ons het die mooi landskap geniet en selfs op een plek 'n skilpad wat in
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Week 53 - Ons laaste week in Mosselbaai

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Prent
Hierdie week is die begin van ons nuwe jaar op die pad. Baie planne en gedagtes vloei deur ons huis en ons staan verstom met hoe ver ons gekom het. Vandag 'n jaar terug was ons maar nog baie op ons senuwees oor wat vir ons voorlê en nou kyk ons terug met harte wat oorloop van dankbaarheid. Ons sien uit na die jaar wat voorlê en die keer is ons meer gerus oor die moontlikhede en avonture wat vir ons wag. By die oorspronklike eerste "poskantoor" in Afrika Hierdie week voel eintlik of dit net te veel en te vinnig was. Maandag het ons die Dias museum gaan besoek en die posboom. Ek dink ons is al OP-ge museumbesoek... dit het net uitgeloop in kinders wat vreeslik honger en dors is, ons wat geirriteerd is met hulle en op die ou einde net een deurjaag-ery van punt tot punt. Iets wat wel BAIE cool was, was die skulp-versameling in een van die geboue daar. Die mooiste skulpe wat ons nog ooit gesien het en hulle name is ook daarby! Charma was sommer teleurgesteld in
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