Sharon and Andy's World Tour 2006

Leaving the Umfolozi Game Reserve we were heading firstly for Ulundi. The minor snag here was that the road had not yet been built... cue 50Km (and therefore 3 hours) of potholed, lumpy, bumpy unsurfaced road. Feeling seasick we were glad to hit the tarmac'd road to Dundee, where we stopped for a traditional South African lunch of KFC.

Our stop for the night was a highly recommended hostel at a place called Winterton, still some distance away. Mindful of its high reputation we had booked a week in advance and asked to be included for supper, and had been asked to call again on the day were arriving to confirm these arrangements. All seemed well.

On arrival we were taken aback to find that (despite confirmation)a room had not been reserved for us, and nor were they willing to provide supper for an extra two guests. We learned a lesson here - don't believe all that you read in the guidebooks. The owner rather begrudgingly gave up his room for us, and we left early the next day for the final leg of our journey to Johannesburg, via Pretoria.