Sunday, April 25, 2010

Sand, Sea and Sun Part 2

I  was  awake  early  this  morning,  early  enough  to  watch  the  dawn  breaking  over  the  sea,  first  a  sliver  of  light,  and  then  as  the  sun  rose  across the  ocean   its  reflection  looking  like  an  enormous  fire  ball........    almost  two  beautiful  and to bright  to  watch  for  long........  I  watched  as  the  few  remaining  clouds  left behind  from  yesterday were  burnt  up  with  the  heat  of  the  sun.  I  watched  as  huge  tankers  left  the  harbour  and  headed  out  into  the  open  sea................  going  to  far  off lands,  back  to  love  ones.......  or  not....... it  made  me  think  of how  we  really  need  to  embrace  life.........  not  just  to  exist........  we  need  to  embrace  the  gift  of  every day  and  fill it  the  fulfilling  of  dreams........  and  desires.

I  wanted  an  early  start  to the  day  but  to  get  two  teenage  girls,  my  daughter  and  her  friend  ready  to  go  out  is  an  adventure  in  its  self......  the  problem  is  the  mirror.........  there  is  an  enormous  one  in  the  lounge  and  it  has  a  magnetic  attraction  for  these  two  girls........We  started  the  day  with  a  trip  to  the  harbour  and  watched  a  few,  massive  ships   coming  in  and  going  out  of  the  harbour,  we  watched  some  being  loaded  and  off  loaded  you  really  just  cannot  comprehend  how  big  these  ships  are........  we  saw  a  beautiful  luxury  cruiser,  obviously  owned  by  someone  very,  very  wealthy.............  now  it  would  have  been  nice  going  for  a cruise  on  that.........  the  cruise  boats available  looked  a  "little"  worse  for  wear  and  so  we  decided  to  give  that  a  miss.

We  went  along  the  beach  front,  and   had  a  drink  at  one  of  the  beach  front  hotels,  we  then  went  on  a  Rickshaw  ride  which  was  really  funny,  I  think  if  I  had spent  a  little  more  time  at  the  gym,  we  could  have  gone  just   a  little  bit  faster............

We  went  for  lunch  at  an  amazing  beach  front  restaurant  which  had  a  live  reggae  band  playing.....  very  loud......  I  could  feel  the  beat.........  beating  in  my  chest............  the  music  was  good  the  bands  players  were  a  concern.........  I  cannot  begin  to  think  what  could  have  been  hiding  in  those  Bob  Marley  hair  styles........................
We  then  went  to  Ushaka  World.......  an  aquarium   or  I  think  they  call it an  oceanarium ............  amazing  ......  the  whole  thing  is  underground  in  what  looks  like  a  ship  wreck,  some  of  those  fish  are  amazing,  to  see the  sharks,sting rays,  turtles  centimeters  away  from  you  to  see there  teeth  and  know  what  they  are  capable  of...........  really  scary.............

Then  to  my  niece  for  afternoon  tea..........  pizza..............  and  everyone  is  ready  for  bed........  what  an amazing  day..............  the  end  of  day two........................

5 comments:

  1. WOW! Really an amazing day. Enjoy Karen....

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  2. Thanks for taking me with you today! It's rainy and cool here today and you sound like the weather is much nice there. Glad you're having fun..and we're not that far from Canada, atleast not too far from Toronto..come visit any time!

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  3. I'm guessing you are in Durban. I love that place. Its been years since I've been. Yes, mirrors and teenagers; its probably best to hide all of them LOL Thanks for sharing!

    Anne-Marie

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  4. You are almost right Anne-Marie, we are about 40 km from Durban in Doonside just next to Amanzimtoti.... were you here on holiday or did you live here...

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