Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas trip to Durban Dec 26-29, 2013

Walking to the beach from our B&B--note the crowds ahead.  Busiest time of the whole year.

Two old men on the beach who think they are still young!  Notice the huge waves.

The only white skinned, gray haired men on the whole beach. Standing out in a crowd is a 'No No" here.

The waves were ruthless so they didn't stay in the water very long.

We took a bus tour of Durban.  Pretty parks.

Water front behind the park with sail boats, etc.

Upscale apartment downtown Durban overlooking the beach.

Some of the buildings were very old architecture.

Various styles of architecture.

Post office downtown

Same post office, front view.

Maybe City Hall.  I can't remember now.

Soccer stadium.  Notice people can climb to the top of the arch--525 steps.  

Nice parks and municipal buildings.

Durban Harbor.  Huge port in the Indian ocean

Downtown park.

Very lush, green vegetation.  It rains a lot-everyday while we were there for part of the day.

Overlooking the city of Durban--largest city in South Africa

After the tour we went to the beach and saw sand sculptures.

Everyone enjoys the beach--note the Muslims on the wharf and in front of the sculptures.

Fun things to do and see on the boardwalk.

Note the string of people behind us in the water.  The lifeguards make them stay in a cluster to swim so they can keep an eye on them.

We stood out like sore thumbs--too white on this beach.

It was very clean and well kept with showers to wash off the sand.

The sand was so clean, but the waves were very rough and the sun very hot.  We couldn't stay more than an hour.

It was a fun Christmas outing with Lonny and Glenda Adams.

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