Dreaming of sailing around the World, ( presently in Richards Bay , South Africa )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 12 Nov 2010 18:25
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Thursday 11th November
2010 ( Paul Hyde's birthday )
Another beautifull day, Skipper got up early and
did the bleedin blog, the bleedin emails and a bleedin breakfast.
The weaver birds provided the early morning music
and this relaxed everyone on board.
We had a great laugh over the breakfast recalling
last night and all the shannigans, It was a great night to
remember.
We had a lot of trouble with the shore power, so we
ran the generator for an hour or so. to charge up the batteries, and do the
breakfast...
11.00hrs The mighty 5 piled into the " rent a
car " and headed North to St. Lucia,
This is part of their National Park System, and is
very close to the coast, The river and lakes all drain into the Sea at St.Lucia
and is a
very upmarket place... St Lucia is 120
km north of Richards Bay,
We decided to have a lunch in the village , which
was excellent, and from there we went to the river and boarded the river boat
for a tour of the estuary. Ohhhhh , just
fantastic,
The river water was brown from all the recent rain,
but not in flood. in fact the whole river was very shallow. and our boat
grounded a few times
durihng the afternoon. but not a problem,
We saw lots and lots of Hippo's plus a few
Crockadiles, gosh , they are huge mammels, and did you know, that Hippo's
kill more people
every year than any other animal or Mammel on the
planet Earth..
The Hippo eats grass for its main food source, and
will travel up to 80km for a good supply of grass. however, the Hippo has poor
eyesight
and if threatened will attack straight away,
particularly if it has a baby close bye. so as humans and hippo's live in close
proximity,
then there is always trouble with fatal
consequenses , mostly for the humans, Ohhhhhhhh , its enough
to make one shudder with fear.
These are big things, weighing up to 2
tons, thats big.!
We also saw a great variety of birds, from eagles
to hawlks and buzzards and the odd few Vultures, Funny thing, when
we
were kids ( just a few years ago ) we were scared
of Vultures, the very mention of a Vulture would raise the hairs on the back of
the neck .........
And we never even saw a Vulture at that
stage. They conjured up scenes of us ( me ) lying injured on the
ground
and in come the vultures and eat us
alive..Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh , gawld , what a way to go !
18.00hrs We drove back to Richards Bay, and went
directly to " Porky's " restaurant for a fantastic dinner,
The dinner included Lamb curry for S & A , Sole
on the bone with prawns for Terry , Lamb shank for Collette, and Steak for
Neil,
plus all the wine and beer, all for 11
euro's each, But, BUT BUT , when we were finished
the Owner " Donald " came and joined us with a "
Blow Job " for everyone at the table.
Collette really enjoyed the " Blow Job" and has a
big smile on her face since, plus is still talking about it .
The " blow Job " is a drink , just in
case you are getting carried away ! and it certainly would blow your mind
away.
We had a great evening, and later returned to the
boat for a few more night caps before hitting the scratchers,
ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZ
thats all for today,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
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