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South Africa - Bicycle Tour Adventure, Day 13

Pictures and Stories About Bicycle Adventures

Mariannhill Mission & Orphanage, Beaches,
Durban's Indian Market (Trinkets & Spices),
Botanical Gardens; 20 Nov 2014

Photographic Highlights of the Day

Above: University Class at the Durban Botanic Gardens.
The effect of saying SMILE!

Leading Spice Merchant.

Above: Leading Spice Merchant, I asked if it was OK to take a picture?
He said, It was OK as long as he got to explain everything, I said Sure.

Above: Labeled Spices at the Indian Market.

Above: A reminder that Christmas was coming in South Africa.

Above: A field of Irises.

Above: A Southern Red Bishop is amongst us.

Above: Tiger Orchid.

Koi.

Above: Koi.

Arriving into Durban and the Indian Market
(Trinkets, Spices, Exotic People)

Above Left: Arriving into Durban (a big city, 4.5 Million).

Above Right: The Indian Market part of Durban, South Africa (Santa too).

The Indian Spice Market.

Above Left: The Indian Spice Market.

Above Right: Stalls of African Gifts and Crafts.

This is a Hardware Store.

Above: This is a Hardware Store.

More stalls of African Gifts.

Above Left: More stalls of African Gifts.

Above Right: Another Spice Merchant.

Another level of stalls of African Keepsakes.

Above Left: Another level of stalls of African Keepsakes.

Above Right: More Spices (clever names).

My Mother-in-Law and I got along fabulously.

Above Left: For the record, my Mother-in-Law and I got along fabulously.

Above Right: Christmas is coming, easy to forget while in the bush.

Durban Beach
(Too Windy and Cool On This Day)

Above: Durban is famous for its beaches (no crocs) but on this day it was quite windy. We had pleasant lunch on the seaside and there was no shortage of vendors. We were there a little ahead of the summer season.

Mariannhill Mission and Orphanage,
Durban, Coastal South Africa

Overview: Mariannhill, established in 1882 by Abbot Francis Pfanner, has a complex Catholic organizational background. Our goal was to meet African orphans and maybe help out a little bit, something got lost in translation. We arrived when the school was on break and we learned the the school was a full fledged Catholic School for the Durban area with a mix of students. The Mother Superior showed us around and we made a donation, but...

Covenant Courtyard.