Durban - There’s something beguiling about standing on
the balcony of a room overlooking the Indian Ocean. The sun’s been down for
hours, and spread before you the incessant hiss and roar of the ocean – the
sound, not unpleasant, but rather primal and even feral at times, that
accompanies your days on a seaside holiday.
The sea is a vast blackness before you and the air is
thick with salt, and it’s sultry there on the 14th floor of your room. The air
so thick, you can taste it, and, in fact, you can feel it as you walk on the
tiled floors, a sticky salty coating that never quite goes away, no matter how
often the floors are cleaned....Read more here