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Durban Slideshow
Durban
Travel Blogs from Durban, South Africa
Finally a name for the truck - Nguni
... on the Highveld. The ancestors of Nguni cattle were brought by the Xhosa, Zulu and Swazi people, during their migration to South Africa between 600 and 700 AD. Since then, these animals have played an important social and economic role in the development ...
Base Camp Australia
... out across the grass. Its a pretty sweet set up here, bed, bar, food. done. Went down to the FIFA Fanfest yesterday for South Africa's game and that was an awesome experience. Probably ~10k people there. Was a shame that they couldn't of held on for a ...
my birthday
... I was informed there was a dinner reservation for 9 I had to consider!!! What a beautiful way to spend our last evening in Durban , the revolving restaurant – eish she was broke – when we were first seated by the window facing the harbour. But ...
Double Whammy
... room has a walk out patio with a pool and an incredible ocean view. We're staying in Bluff which is a few minutes south of Durban. The beach under us is for fishing because it's fairly rocky but the main beach is about half a kilometer down the ...
Ayoba
Hi from sunny/warm/windy/rainy/cold/ make your mind up Durban. The weather is a bit tempromental especially when these cold fronts roll through. We left the windows open on our tent this morning aaand then it rained later in the day. some stuff got wet, ...
Savannah
this is a wea celebration of everything that is gentle and wonderful about our dog first her ...
Bonus Trip. With a spot of Rugby.
When I arrived in South Africa on Monday I was informed that I would get the chance to get down to Durban. Originally the plan had been to spend the whole time in Johannesburg but Lisa had a clash of dates and had to attend a wedding, so she thought it ...
And Then There Were Three!!!
... few days were spent mainly chilling so here's a brief of summary detailing the highs and lows; 30th June 2010 Drove to Durban via the Midlands Meander (a scenic route) Stopped at a small waterfall Stopped at the point where Mandela was arrested, and ...
Beach, Bluebottles and Sunburn
At last, we woke up to a day with blue skies and warm enough to go swimming in the sea! We headed off to our favourite swimming beach, North Beach, and got settled down for some sun, sand and sea. No sooner were we settled when the ...
Civilisation
... where the out of season-ness was very obvious, and next to come is the famous and straightforward Garden Route. But Durban itself was entertaining. A beautiful beachfront. A bustling city centre. A lovely botanical garden. A scarily Vegas-like casino with ...
oy ve
... for friday so we were resorted to return to our orginal plan to go back to joburg. Until we decided why not go to durban tonight...and so that's what we did...we didn't have reserveations till tomorrow. However that also worked out to a certain degree... ...
World Cup Fever!
... . As we approached Moses Madiba Stadium (newly built for the World Cup) we realized that we would be watching from one of South Africa's most beautiful stadiums. It holds 68,000 people, and getting in and out wasn't too tricky. Durban built some ...
Durban..
... . Zondag komen ze ons weer ophalen en woensdag vertrekken we weer naar Johannesburg, via Drakensbergen en Lesotho. Maargoed… Durban City! Heeeeeeeeeeeeerlijk zonnetje, ongeveer 28 graden, lekker windje erbij.. We houden het hier nog wel even uit. De ...
Goodbye Durban...
... can think of is how much I am going to miss my loved ones but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity so I have to make the most of it. My flight from Durban was aboard South African Airlines at 14:45 with tons of butterflies in my tummy.... ...
Waterworld, Durban
Dis baie mooi by Waterworld en daar is baie vermaak soos snorkelduik, dryf op die "rivier" ...
Jumping Queues in Jo'Burg
Written by the kids.... We drove in a taxi to Heathrow Airport and checked in the luggage. We went to have tea in Wagamamas and whilst there Edie and Fynn bumped into Mr Jim our sports teacher at Finton House. The aeroplane had TVs on the ...
Hope springs eternal for European hopefuls
... these noisemakers are getting around the world its a little know fact that they supposedly originate in the Nazareth Baptist Church here in South Africa who used them to call the faithful many years ago. Baptists may not dance but they can sure rile up ...
Ke naaaaka...Ayoba!
... try the local delicacy named Bunny Chow. Bunny Chow is basically a brioche cut open and filled with curry which was invented by Durban's Indian population as a qucik meal inbetween work. We also tried a drop of the local red and before long we were ...
Be Easy Zambezi
... nbsp; Gaborone South Africa Johannesburg Swaziland Ezulwini - Nsoko South Africa Hluhluwe - St. Lucia - Durban "Your sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel, get tired of travelin and ...
Day 2 02/05/10 Durban 0Km
... meet, and is a general melting pot of makeshift markets and commotion. Not sure if I would feel comfortable enough wandering alone through this part of Durban. Again lots of signs of redevelopment with no real signs of being complete in the next month. ...
Map
Hi everyone Got to South Africa Monday it is the most beautiful place, so green and hilly really didnt expect this. Went to my first project today there were about 15 children in a round hut they are so sweet, was teaching them english this morning but ...
Entrée au Kwazulu-Natal
... vite et doublait sans visibilité, comme tout le monde, mais là en plus s'il est distrait... On arrive quand même sains et saufs à Durban, où le bus nous laisse à la porte de notre nouvel hostel, le Tekweni. D'un coup, ça change du Transkei, et ...
Family & Friends Fun, Beach Time and Dog Walking
The main reason for my visit to South Africa is family, especially my Mother, and so this is where I am spending most of my time. Not so much sightseeing but lots of fun - swimming in the ocean, early morning walking for exercise around the racetrack with ...
Do you know what a hand grenade is?
... museum, so I headed back to the hostel instead. I chilled for a little while before meeting a German Rob and a few South Africans studying the final section of their Yacht Master exams (tomorrow). They introduce me to hand grenades, a tumbler full of red ...
Close call
We woke up and had breakfast then drove an hour and a half south from Durban to the Oribi Gorge for the Big Swing. Origi Gorge offers the highest gorge swing in the world, and I did it! In Costa Rica they had a similar swing where we went ziplining ...
26° in winter
... with rain in Cape Town, Durban experiences a climate constantly in the high twenties. It also has the best Fanfest in South Africa – right on the 5 mile long beach. We watched the Italians get embarrassed by Slovakia. The result ...