March 20, 2010 Durban, South Africa
The exchange rate $1 equals 7 Rand
We started the day with breakfast in the Britannia. When we were entering the port there was about a dozen kayaks plus other small boats observing the QM2 arrival and when we left there many boats giving a big send off. Everyone had to go through immigration starting at 6:45. We finally got through after 40 plus minutes and went to shore. The queue was worst than last year in L.A. Durban is a beautiful & clean large & modern city similar to Hong Kong but better & wider rode & streets. We took a taxi ride to & from Moses Mabhida Stadium. While there we rode the Sky Car to the top over the stadium. It’s a wonderful view form there over looking the city. The stadium is very new with canvas removable top and will host some preliminary matches for the World Cup (soccer). The finals will be in Cape Town. The stadium is in a large sports complex with a separate stadium for rugby and another stadium for something. There are cricket fields and other sports fields. We got back for lunch and Jan took the shuttle to the shopping mall. Our evening dinner table helped the Stokes celebrated their 53rd anniversary. We then enjoyed “the Blind Side”. We’ll arrive in Cape Town, South Africa approximately 8:00A.M. Thursday (2:00 A.M EDT Thursday). .