- Beginning of the journey in Durban (Kwazulu Natal): young African boys and girls are singing on a place and Jérôme meets Vishen, an Indian South African: the walk through the town and see the Dutch and English architecture of the buildings.Then they arrive at the Moises Mabhida Stadium (built in 2010 for the FIFA World Cup): they take the Skycar which climbs the 105 meters high arch and have a nice sight over Durban, its beaches, its port and also the sugar cane plantations near the the town.Then they go to the beach where they have a moment of meditation (very important for finding the interior peace).Then they go to Phoenix (at 25 kilometers northwest of Durban central, 176.989 inhabitants).In a market Jérôme tastes a mixture of vegetables, herbs and candies; they see how a Indian South African woman prepares Indian donuts and speak about the Indian South African community (the greatest Indian community abroad India), they visit a Hinduist temple and then meet the father, the aunt and the mother of Vishen and have a supper with them.Later Jérôme travels to the Drakensberg area (from 1.200 to 3.500 meters above sea level) where he meets Carl, a Belgian who is farmer (maize,soybeans), manages a guesthouse and is also guide.They begin a horseback riding through the hills and grasslands and they make a bivouac in a cave.On the morning they ride for a while and then Carl shows Jérôme cave paintings (Bushmen).On a meadow they listen to the Boys Choir of the the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, a famous private school.Then Jérôme travels by bus to Buchanana, a Zulu village: he meets Mabona Nthintkhula, a guide who speaks about the life in the village: the go to the school (where Mabona studied), meet the pupils;Jérôme says a sentence in Zulu language and then the pupil say a sentence in French language. Then Jérôme goes to the game reserve of Thula Thula where he is received by Françoise Malby Anthony : the place is famous because of the book "The Elephant Whisperer" of Lawrence Anthony: there is tented camp and Jérôme will sleep in a huge tent with all the comfort.In the night traditional Zulu dances and songs.On the morning Promise and Victor are his guides : they see rhinoceros, then giraffes and zebras (a example of symbiosis the giraffe are watching around and so the zebras know if there is any predator) and finally they see the elephants.They speak about South Africa, the rainbow nation and sing together "Asimbonanga" the famous song of Johnny Clegg. Besides we see zooms about the Zulu lifeguards in the beaches of Durban, about the Umthombo Street Child program (food, education and surfing training), about the township of Inanda and the Ohlange High School founded by John Dube (also the first president of the ANC), about the excursion to Lesotho with Chris Pin Holt), about the prince Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Napoléon when he was fighting against the Zulues, about the Augustinian Convent and the sister Madeleine in charge of the dispensary, about Shakaland, a former cinema location transformed into a traditional Zulu village and bout the Tsonga fishermen and their traditional labyrinth fishing technique.—zutterjp48
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