Part 2 - animals, children, muddy potholes and beaches

So the 2 night stay in Durban with Mike was awesome. It was fantastic to have a nice bed, shower and to wash our clothes again - they all turned an interesting shade of blue/purple, which is actually cool, because now it feels like we've got brand new clothes! We spent Thursday night eating pizza and catching up, slept in until 7ish on Friday morning, watched a terrible movie at 8am then went to the port with Mike for lunch. Afterwards we went to the beach for a swim in the Indian Ocean. It's nice to get back into some decently warm water. We threw together a lasagna for dinner and ate it with red wine and beer then stayed up late talking. The next morning we drove Mike to the airport then headed out on our 6 or so hour drive to The Kraal. It was definitely an adventure. The 20 km dirt road wasn't so fun in the dark! The next morning we got to see where we actually were, a beautiful, basically deserted beach! We got up early to go for a walk on the beach and go swimming. We ended up on a beach full of huge cows and swam for a good 45 minutes. We met 2 Belgian girls and decided to give them a ride to our next destination as they had to take the horrible local bus the night before. It was nice to have more company. After driving out of the Kraal and dodging dogs, pigs, horses, cows, donkeys, various roadkill, children and muddy potholes...we made it safely back to the highway. Our next stop was Hole In The Wall. It was pretty much empty since we arrived Sunday afternoon. The backpacker was closed for the season so we got a nice ensuite condo for the same price. We were the only ones in the bar, and the restaurant that night, but had a great sleep in awesome beds! The next morning we hiked to the hole in the wall, went swimming again....This is Anna and my new resolution....to go swimming in the ocean everyday for the rest of this trip...no matter how cold it is. Today we drove a few hours again and are now at Buccaneers backpacker in Cintsa. Looks pretty cool. After this we plan to lay on the beach, then go play some volleyball which includes free wine! Tomorrow we may try our hand at some surfing!