Durban beachfront

For the very first time in literally decades, I and Christine went down to the beachfront!

Usually when I go down to Durban, it is to either drop Christine off at the King Shaka Airport, or to collect her. The other day we had a bit of time to spare, so drove down to the beachfront! I have been there before (2 decades?) and boy has it altered!

We went down to the beachfront that is in front of all the hotels. There we walked out along a pier that extends far out from the beach and we got some good snapshots of the city as it is seen from the sea!

Behind these hotels is the city centre, with places like the Workshop shopping mall. Up the rise is the area called the Berea and Pinetown. To the left is Ushaka Marine World and to the right is the new Moses Mabida Stadium, built for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, top photo in the centre - the concrete arch! I understand the new LDS (Mormon) Temple - announced on Saturday morning, Mountain Daylight time - will be built a bit further north from this stadium. The King Shaka Airport is inland from this stadium.

The N3 freeway from Durban to Johannesburg, runs west (inland) from the city and the N2 freeway runs north along the coast. You can barely get lost in the city as to the east is the ocean, and you cannot miss that! It is not like Johannesburg - there you have to wait for sunrise or sunset to find out which way is North. In Durban, you cannot head east as the next land in that direction is somewhere in the far east.