Durban Travel Blogs

May 30th The feelings I experienced while stepping off the plane for the first time in Africa were quite overwhelming. It was my 5th continent to visit and I was ready to explore with my Lonely Planet guide in my hand (even though I was incredibly jet lagged)!  It was by far the furthest jou…

Durban is the sultry capital of KwaZulu/Natal Province, but something of a poor style relation of Cape Town. It is loud, disreputable, a little tattered at the edges, cultivates marijuana instead of vineyards, and languishes under the hot Indian Ocean skies in beach sandals, a sarong and sunglasses…

This is my final blog about Africa at least until I return! I have always enjoyed traveling, taking photos, and enjoying the photos later by sharing with friends and making a few enlargements for framing. For me this is what's so great about TravBuddy. Just writing this blog has brought back a lot …

Some photos from a six week trip to South Africa in 2006. Explored much of Kwa-Zulu Natal and some of the Eastern Cape. Although I grew up in South Afica, every time I return i am left astounded by the natural beauty of the country. Highly recommended for anyone who's thinking of going.

A few photos from my first ever trip to Southern Africa. Since this ended up being more of an urban adventure, I hope to return again soon for some animal explorations

From Croatia to Sofia, war remnants in Mostar and Sarajevo is hard to forget. Then jetsetting half the globe to Johannesburg, South Africa. With Capetown the main highlight, Cape of Good Hope is where the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

Gabby, (angel1681) had a birthday on Aug 16th and I looked at her profile photo and thought, I could give her a gift by changing her shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope she is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a photo …

We spent a few days at a game reserve, talking about creation versus evolution, and learning a lot about the flood as well.  Robert Zimm, who knows the Bible cover to cover and verse by verse, engaged us in some wonderful deep theological discussions, and Duncan, our personal trail guide and e…

A life experiance i would never change and would re-live in a flash! Shows you awhole new meaning to living life!

The end of April and the beginning of May 2009 I visited South-Africa & Swaziland with my parents and sister for 16 days. This vacation was all about the safaris and wild animals! We were very excited about it and we couldn't wait to see the first wild animals. We visited Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ohrigstad, Pelgrim's Rest, Kruger National Park, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Hluhluwe Wildpark, St. Lucia, Durban, Drakensbergen ans lots of little villages inbetween.

My second trip to Southern Africa! Someday I will get around to actually writing about the trip...

June 4-7. Of course each day we woke up a little bit later and by the last day we didn't even get up in time for Breakfast.  I guess thats what happens.  We wore ourselves out.  But the weeks experience was simply amazing.   We had different goals from day to day.  On…

  While we enjoyed walking around durban is reletive peace we were warned not to venture too far from the center or waterfront. The victoria market is a no go by yourself. There is a nice shopping mall in the center as well as some nice old buildings. Best of all is the City Hall. We went down…

To try one last sail boat lead, we met up with Roy, who had been recommended to us as a possible contact by a Durban sailing Club. He was a lovely man, wanting very hard to help us, but conceding the relative unlikeliness of finding a boat that late in the season. He did have one idea: to contact f…

Note that these pictures aren't actually from Durban, they are from Phinda Game Reserve and Rocktail Bay, but for some reason Travbuddy doesn't recognize these areas.