Pietermaritzburg is the town where Gandi was removed from a train in 1863 because of his race. A statue in the main street commemorates the event.
We walked down the main street. This was once a colonial town with Barclay's bank and other familiar names. Many of the buildings remain now under new ownership. There are plenty of stalls at the side of the road too.
The Town Hall is the largest brick (only) building in the Southern Hemisphere.
This was the bandstand.
We turned into what looked like a residential street, but many of the houses are now businesses. We stopped at one which has a cafe and several small enterprises, including crafts by Georgina and Michael's daughter-in-law, Lisa.
This is Lisa's section
The garden is lovely
There is a croquet lawn
Where we saw our first Hadeda a South African species of Ibis and very common and noisy. They woke us up the following morning from the large tree in Georgina's garden.
When we returned to the house for lunch, John took the opportunity to take some photos of the house and garden
In the afternoon, we were out again to Worlds End for the view over Pietermaritzburg which is surrounded by hills.
John tried out a panorama on his iPhone.
Next, we were off to Howick to see the falls (94 m) which are SA's fourth highest falls. Their highest falls, Tugala Falls (about two hours drive away), are ten times higher and are the world's second highest falls. The falls were quite impressive after overnight rain.
After afternoon tea in Howick we returned home before setting out to Andrew and Lisa's house for supper.
Pat and John on tour