It wasn’t warm enough to swim but paddling was nice.
Well after waiting for our trip to Durban it finally came and went. We had such a blast. We got a little heat into our bones. Durban is a seaside city that has tropical weather all year round.
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We managed to stumble across ‘Africa day’ in the middle of the colonial area. There was music and people just enjoying the weather on there bank holiday weekend.
Durban has a big Indian influence – so to get the most of the city we went to the Indian market to browse, shop and haggle. We left at 5….after waiting and waiting for our taxi and being told that it wasn’t safe for us to be out; we were ushered by a friendly local in to the Cathedral. Being told again that it was not safe; we met a guy from the church youth group who brought us in to the priest’s house for safety while we waited for the slowest taxi. When our taxi finally arrived we were escorted out by body guard! It was exciting stuff – Durban is not a safe place to be after dark!
Knowing that the biggest shopping mall in the southern hemisphere was in Durban we had to see it – It was big. The problem with big malls is that you have to walk like miles to find what you want, it was a bit unproductive, but I did manage to buy a scarf!
The Aquarium was one of my highlights. It was massive and in an old ship. It took us most of the day to get around it and marvel at everything.
I got the chance to sample foods that I wouldn’t normally taste. First, sushi – which was horrible! We were in like the best sushi place in South Africa and I ended up having noodles and beef. I also had the Durban Indian specialty, bunny chow - half a loaf of bread scooped out and filled with curry. I think we all tasted dished that night that were too hot for us and it was glasses of milk all round (well to begin with!)
We managed to stumble across ‘Africa day’ in the middle of the colonial area. There was music and people just enjoying the weather on there bank holiday weekend.
After trying in vain to find live music we ended up in a rock bar that was having a fashion shoot for some magazine. I was hilarious to see the models pose and men wearing way too much make up…..as well as every male in the bar looking like they had reached heaven – Beer, music and the chance to oogle at 6ft models. Unfortunately we I didn’t get in the shoot but Bethanne should be getting a huge check some day soon for her the back of her head appearing in a picture!
Durban has a big Indian influence – so to get the most of the city we went to the Indian market to browse, shop and haggle. We left at 5….after waiting and waiting for our taxi and being told that it wasn’t safe for us to be out; we were ushered by a friendly local in to the Cathedral. Being told again that it was not safe; we met a guy from the church youth group who brought us in to the priest’s house for safety while we waited for the slowest taxi. When our taxi finally arrived we were escorted out by body guard! It was exciting stuff – Durban is not a safe place to be after dark!
Knowing that the biggest shopping mall in the southern hemisphere was in Durban we had to see it – It was big. The problem with big malls is that you have to walk like miles to find what you want, it was a bit unproductive, but I did manage to buy a scarf!
The Aquarium was one of my highlights. It was massive and in an old ship. It took us most of the day to get around it and marvel at everything.
I got the chance to sample foods that I wouldn’t normally taste. First, sushi – which was horrible! We were in like the best sushi place in South Africa and I ended up having noodles and beef. I also had the Durban Indian specialty, bunny chow - half a loaf of bread scooped out and filled with curry. I think we all tasted dished that night that were too hot for us and it was glasses of milk all round (well to begin with!)
We managed to stumble across ‘Africa day’ in the middle of the colonial area. There was music and people just enjoying the weather on there bank holiday weekend.
After trying in vain to find live music we ended up in a rock bar that was having a fashion shoot for some magazine. I was hilarious to see the models pose and men wearing way too much make up…..as well as every male in the bar looking like they had reached heaven – Beer, music and the chance to oogle at 6ft models. Unfortunately we I didn’t get in the shoot but Bethanne should be getting a huge check some day soon for her the back of her head appearing in a picture!
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hello colleen i dont no if you remember me iam michael collins from sherkin island my dad was in bantry last weekend and he saw your picture in the bantry grapevine and he jus wanted to say hello and know how your getting on and how africa is treating you we would like to hear back from you so you can e-mail us if you want at mtac_12@hotmail.com we are looking forward to hear from you...all is well with us and all the people from sherkin best of luck Michael and Michael
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