Monkeys in the road

Advanced warning - there are no pictures with this one. I've just landed at a hostel in Johannesburg and am trying to catch up with emails and let you know I'm still here. Just spent a fast four days in Durban tracking down the lost places of my father's youth and meeting monkeys on the road. Got toured around by some incredibly generous distant relatives and started putting together some of the many pieces that is my father's life before me. The Govender family sure had some adventures! Everywhere we went people knew the name...in that nodding, 'oh, the Govenders" kind of way that made me want to sit them down with a beer and get the goods! But now I'm exhausted and grateful to have a few days where I can just be on holiday. Here for two nights, then off on safari... Saying that makes me feel like I should be wearing khaki shorts and a silly hat with a rifle over my shoulder and a history of oppressing people in my rucksack...

Anyhooo...That's about it for now. Photos (the best one's yet, I hope) and more stories to follow when I get back to Cape Town. 'Till then, keep well all and dream about monkeys.

Love you,

Surya