Holiday 'by the sea' (sic)

As mentioned in my previous post, we are vacationing at Margate, which is located in the Kwazulu-Natal province on the east coast of South Africa. I live in the south-western part of our country, where the seawater is cold, where you get a lot of wine, wheat and shrubbery as the typical plant life, coloured people, wet (and snowy) winters, and blistering hot summers. I've been living there for most of my life (19 of my 32 years). So Kwazulu-Natal is a bit of a culture (and geographical) shock to me. Here you have warm seawater (warm enough for year-round swimming), bananas, sugar plantations and lush, tropical foliage, Zulus (black people), and a year round temperate climate. A veritable paradise. Sure, its got its problems (high unemployment, crime, and the highest HIV/AIDS ratio in the country, but what a place. No wonder its the holiday destination that it is.