A new appreciation for eyes

Yesterday we went into Durban to go to the Victoria Street Market and see Laura, one of the volunteers at another placement. However...on the way I got something stuck under my upper eye lid. It was horrible. The whole way on the bus I could barely see or blink. It felt like something was actually slicing into my eye, but no matter how much I looked in the mirror I couldn't see anything. By the time we arrived in Durban I was getting pretty panicked. It didn't help that Durban was absolutely heaving with people, and we didn't know where we were going, so LOADS of people kept coming up trying to help, but all telling us different things. We went to the market, but had to carry all our baggage with us. It was so packed everywhere we went...it was pretty stressful. It was quite dirty and industrial. There were some nice things, but I already had most of my gifts and stuff so I just bought a few things for myself (yey!). We got something to eat at a place called Pie City. Then we headed down to Ushaka marine world again to wander about there. Durban isn't that nice to be honest, apart from the beach front. Later on we met Laura and another volunteer for dinner at Moya. This place was huge and really rustic looking. The tables all had big thick blankets. It was probably the most friendly and welcoming restaurant ever. We got complementary bread and dips while a lady painted our faces with little flower designs. The food was absolutely amazing. The portions were huge! It was probably expensive for over here, but my main course was probably not much more than 7 quid. I've never tasted food this good before at any price! Singers came round all the tables everynow and again. They also did some african drumming and dancing, as well as more random routines throughout the evening. It was just a great atmosphere. After that we went to the Hostel Laura stays at. One of the staff members there was leaving so there was a massive party going on. We were really lucky actually as we got a free upgrade to one of the flats, when we'd only booked an 8 person dorm. It was great! We had a drink or two at the party but then headed to bed. This morning we got up and walked to the botantical gardens. They were huge and I'm pretty sure we didn't see the half of them. We probably would have stayed longer if it had been warmer. It was quite a chilly day. After that we walked to the Musgrave Centre to have a look round the shops and watch the Dark Knight at the cinema. It was a good day but it sucked having to lug all our bags with us. My shoulder is totally destroyed now! Oh, we also saw the security guards totally rugby tackle a thief to the ground. It was pretty brutal actually there was about six of them, and one criminal. A few of them gave him to odd punch too which seemed a bit overkill. All the shoppers went running over to get a good look and some of them found it really funny. I failed to see the humourous side.
Anyway, last week starts tomorrow. I don't even want to think about that!  

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