My Durban Adventure

My last day in Durban I went out with a friend of a friend; affectionately known as 'Uncle Duncle'.  Don't worry, I held back and just used his first name.  Our first stop of the day was the Durban Botanical Garden - after all the options were laid out for me, I went for the one that had tea and scones waiting at the end.  And I wasn't disappointed... they were delicious scones. 

The gardens were beautiful too - very peaceful and green.  Right outside the orchid house we rain across an Elephant Leaf bush (or something to that effect...).  Very aptly named when you look at how freakin' gigantic the leaves are!

me smiling at you :)

Then we were treated to some lovely orchids..

inside the orchid house

The next stop was neat - it was the Garden of Senses and smelled wonderfully herbally

The next tree was my favourite.  As you walked up to it, you caught sight of these huge coconut-ish balls hanging in amongst the branches.  When we got to the bottom of the tree I found the sign with it's name...

Cannonball Tree.  How very apt...

Our next stop was down in the harbour.  We took the lift up to the 32nd floor of a hotel where the revolving restaurant 'La Roma' was located and then climbed up one more story to the open air bar.  The view over the city was quite spectacular... but we came very close to being blown away!  It was super windy!!

looking out over the Durban harbour

Our next to last stop of the day was down the road a ways to Umhlanga Beach.  It was gorgeous - the surf in Durban has been HUGE every time I've seen it... definitely able to put you through the washing machine should you mess up your ride in to shore. 

me by the (I'm pretty sure) working lighthouse in Umhlanga

Our very last stop was to a Chinese take-away restaurant for some yummy yummy noodles.  And then home for a nap :)

And that wrapped up my week in Durban - next stop, Pietermartizburg and a hike in the mountains!! 

Cheers,
Sandy

ps. I finally was able to add pictures to my J-Bay post, check them out!