We were at sea all day to day only arriving into the port of Cape Town as sun set. The sunset was glorious and left a wonderful red/orange after glow on the horizon. As we approached the port we had some great views of the mountains behond the city which include the well known Table Mountain and The Lions Head.

Nothing to say - a day at sea.

Today we were in the city of Durban in the province of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. The first impression of the city from the ship as we docked was that it looked like a modern prosperous place. It is a large port, the busiest in sub-Saharan Africa, with a newish Cruise Ship Terminal named after Nelson Mandela, with a lot of grandious buildings and many highrise buildings in the city. However once on our bus for the journey to Tala Game Reserve we saw a bit more of the underside of the city such as large numbers of makeshift and delapidated vendor stalls lining most streets and almost every open space, including a bridge to nowwhere.

Today we docked in the town of Richards Bay in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It has an impressive harbour from which is shipped large quantities of coal and aluminum. In 2009 it had the worlds largest coal export facility, interestingly a crown now held by Newcastle NSW. Unfortunately, and I am surprised by this, we did not provide any photos of the port or city. I guess that is because we were both too captivated by the images we collected from the days visit to the Hluhluwe Game Reserve.

This morning at around 7:00 we docked in the city of Maputo, in the country of Mozambique. The first impressions of the city were formed by the dock area, the array of docked fishing boats in image number 1, the Maputo-Katembe Bridge and its grounded companion ship the Volopas shown in the 3rd and 2nd last photo and the Mozambique Naval Ship in the last photo which was also in the process of docking when we arrived. So what was that impression? It was of a modern city that was somewhat run-down. The city tour that occupied most of our day expanded on that impression.