Mtubatuba - Part 2

Mtubatuba Methodist Church - Our recent home in Zululand

We were gearing up for Christmas and with that came the arrival of family from far and wide. First to arrive were Murray (Dylan's brother) and his girlfriend Maggie, who had flown to Durban from Joburg. They were followed a couple of days later by Graham and Liza (Dylan's parents) who had made the trip from Joburg by car, a long drive!

Mtubatuba - Part 1

Brian Jackman, accredited as Britain's foremost writer on wildlife and safaris, beautifully suggested that

"everything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all"

Having just spent 6 weeks in Zululand, South Africa I wholeheartedly agree. 

Ben and I have arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe following a wonderful stay with his cousins in Mtubatuba and I remembered we need to get you up to speed. So let me fill you in on the basics. Mtubatuba is a town two hours up the coast from Durban where the prominent business is sugar cane farming. With a population of about 27,000 people it, like many other semi-rural towns in the area, is exposed to poverty, crime and joblessness. But do not let that deceive you, despite being hindered by load shedding (restricted electricity) and severe drought the people we met were welcoming, supportive and extremely generous.