(TOM) I don't even remember which day this was (Monday, I think, and I'm writing this late Tuesday night, but likely posting it Wednesday morning...), but we got to our hotel south of Durban, overlooking the Indian Ocean about 9 and completely exhausted from the previous few days' wedding ceremony. Up at 5AM to catch a flight to CT (we watched the sun rise over the Indian Ocean and watched it set over the Atlantic Ocean), we felt like death warmed over, until we got to CT. What an amazingly beautiful, energizing city.
We ended up shopping for several hours at everything from a colonial-era open market packed with goods from all over Africa, to a goth clothing and accessories shop (Mo bought a beautiful dress and I got picked up on by the gay owner), to a fantastic local CD shop to a mind-blowing bead shop. We had lunch at a Kurdish cafe overlooking the market and enjoyed the combination of Dutch and British and Art Deco architecture. All surrounded by Table Mountain and Lion's head and Signal Hill while enjoying almost perfect weather. We came back and Mo "modeled" her new dress and i took some pics. We were having a great, high-energy time. We were a buzz. Until we crashed, just about the time we were ready for dinner.
Mo and I had a bit of a blow-out right as Sheri called. The first time she hears from us in over a week and we're bickering... Mo and I have been on an emotionally and physically intense journey for over two weeks now and have been really great together. But the last two days we've had a couple of blow-outs. We're both wiped out and, honestly, the cumulative weight of 2+ weeks worth of little annoyances is getting a bit tiring. And there you have the essence of two partially-cranky days between us. We're sleeping in tomorrow, and I let her have the nice heavenly bed in our suite tonight, so hopefully we'll both be in a better place tomorrow (Wednesday, I think).
The photos:
- The Egg Man at the market. We found no walrus, but those are easier to find than egg men anyway.
- The entrance to the African music store.
- Mo overlooking the market from the cafe, with Table Mountain in the background.
- Mo spinning in her new dress in our room.
- Mo half hidden by curtains in our room.
1 comment:
Love the pictures. On a long trip it's common for people to have a "blow-out", but not many people write about it - thanks for the honesty. I run a South African travel website, and we link to a travel blog posting each week and this week we've chosen this entry. See it here at our writeup on Kulula-Mango.
Keep up the great writing.
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