It’s a green drive down to Durban. The highway down from Hluhluey follows rolling hills.
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Durban is a modern port and home to many Indo-South Africans. We sample a local specialty – bunny chow.
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We visit the KwaMuhle Museum. This building was once the headquarters of the City’s Native Administration Department. It’s now a mini-Apartheid Museum.
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Downtown Durban has many Victorian buildings.
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And lots of markets.
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A Durban landmark is Moses Mabhida Stadium, built for the soccer World Cup in 2010.
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On a sunny Sunday, we go to uShaka Beach.
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Next stop up the road is Umkomaas. This is a main town for diving on the Aliwal Shoal.
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We use the services of the Aliwal Dive Centre. Our first night, we’re invited by the dive crew to join them for a braai.
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I sign up for two dives. The first is a shark dive.
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A bucket of sardines attracts the sharks.
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The sharks, I’m happy to say, completely ignore you.
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To be honest, this breed of shark is not known for its ferociousness, like some sharks.
The second is a plain old shallow reef dive.
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One day, we visit the Oribi Gorge.
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Among its delights is (what feels like) a death-defying suspension bridge.
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Sight or Insight of the Day
We have lunch at the Oribi Gorge Hotel. On our way to the start of the hiking trail is a grassy field that contains half a dozen pigs.
I stand by the fence. One trots over. I pet him through the wire and he immediately sinks into a trance and tumbles on his side, eyes closed in bliss. A second pig rushes up – same thing happens. A thirds waits his turn to feel my magic touch.
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