Durban

Durban was a mandatory stop over on the BazBus. I didn't particularly care to stay here long but since the BazBus didn't run on Fridays down to Port Elizabeth, I had to stay here a day longer than I wanted.

I met Baz, from UK, here. Baz is travelling alone as well for an undetermined amount of time and just flew into Durban. We stayed at the Traveller's International Lodge which was overrun by local school children on a tour here. We moved onto the Banana Backpackers in the city center the next day. It was close to the beach, but it's still early spring here and not really that warm. We watched the surfers do their things and that's about it. One of the nights we went to a free art show in the City Hall about a 5 minute walk from the hostel. We were told to leave all of our valuables behind because there's a good chance we could get mugged. Nevermind trying to walk back the 5 minutes to the hostel after dark. Even with a group of 10, we had to cab it back (via a pub).