A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to St. Lucia Estuary and town, South Africa by TravelPod blogger Off_road_clara titled "Crocs and apple pie! A good day in KZN" Off_road_clara's travel blog entry: "Sunday 18th December. My last day before the trek across the Wild Coast begins. A day to regroup, do some laundry, relax and prepare my body and soul for the forthcoming weeks. So it was quite a surprise to find myself sitting inside a bakkie, legs astride the gear stick, heading back to St. Lucia. One of the researchers at the camp had a visitor from the UK staying for a few days, and had promised him an excursion to the coast. A free trip was just too good an offer, and the destinations were places I had missed, so I found myself unexpectedly agreeing to an early start and a cramped journey. Our first stop was to try and find some lions they had encountered the previous day in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi park. As it was part of the route to the 'outside' we swung by the river to see if the lions could be found dozing. Fresh prints and scat indicated they were close, but the tall reed beds were the shade they needed to remain outside our view. Oh well. On to Mtubatuba for some diesel. Even though it was a Sunday, the streets had people milling around. 'Whatever you do, never ever use that petrol station, or that one, or that one.' The words rang through the air as we followed Sue's guidelines of where to stop. I was happy to defer to her knowledge of the sprawling city ...