[10 Things I Love About]... The Dusi

In Rof of Spog, the adventure, foodie and travel show recently screened on SABC2 and an English-language version currently on Mzanzi Magic, he prefers the rugged outdoors over five-star hotels. One episode showed him in the Dusi Canoe Marathon.

10 Things I Love About The Dusi

By Paul du Toit, actor.

1. Ernie Pearce weir: Only 2k's into the race and already a 5m drop. Not the scariest in the race by any means, but enough the get the blood pumping and a taste of things to come!
2. Free beer: Served by a goddess in a bikini at the end of every day!
3. Sharing in the collective madness: Nearly 2000 grownups behaving like masochistic boy scouts for three days of pain and silliness.
4. Comparisons, warts and all: Comparing wart stories and calluses with your mates afterwards. (Over free bikini-served beers, naturally!)
5. The secret schadenfreude: That feeling you get when passing someone fixing their trashed boat on the river bank as you shout with feigned concern "Are you alright, buddy?"
6. The profound annoyance: What you feel when that same paddler passes you fixing your trashed boat on the river bank and shouts with feigned concern: "Are you alright, buddy?"
7. On the water: On the water, no one can hear you scream.
8. Day 3: Big, clean water (in the beginning anyway!) And some of the most awesome rapids and scenery Africa has to offer.
9. Time for a swim: Taking your tired, broken and blistered body for a swim in the warm Indian Ocean at the end.
10. Time to relax: After the race, the best mince kebab roti in Durban at Govender's House of Curries. If you don't know it, go there. You won't believe their food!