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Article: Memories wave hello in visit to kingdom by the sea; Umhlanga Rocks has become a hub of business and shopping, but it's still a good place to visit if you enjoy long walks on the beach, writes Mary Corrigall.(Life)
- Article from:
- The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2009
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WE KNEW we were close because we could see a thick band of deep azure on the horizon where it meets the paler blue of the sky. I had been consumed with thoughts of this patch of the Indian Ocean long before we even left Joburg.
In the nights leading up to our departure I had delved deep into my memory bank, pulling out vivid pictures of the Umhlanga Rocks I knew in my youth.
It was at this small coastal suburb that I sampled my first pina colada and was once burnt so badly from the sun that I had to stay indoors for days covered in pink calamine lotion. It was also the place where I enjoyed a number of carefree holiday romances with young surfer types, ...