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Real Name: Rob
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Rasta_Rob's Durban Page

by Rasta_Rob - last update: Jul 29, 2001

If Cape Town is the San Francisco of South Africa, then Durban is its Miami. Located on the Indian Ocean some 900 miles northeast of Cape Town, Durban is a tropical melange of British, Indian, and Zulu influences superimposed on a modern South African city. Durban has the distinction of being the fastest growing city in South Africa. Its white sand beaches, off-limits to the city's non-white residents during <I>Apartheid</I>, are now densely populated by sun seekers and surfers in wetsuits. Durban has a large Indian community that has influenced life in the city for more than a century. Mohandas Ghandi lived and practiced law in Durban for nearly 20 years before returning to India in 1914 and leading the struggle for independence there.

Durban's rendition of Miami's South Beach is called, well, South Beach. Unlike Miami, however, one can still get a decent seafood dinner (with drinks) in a beachfront Durban restaurant for under $10.

During my short visit to Durban, I spent several hours walking the length of the "Golden Mile" beachfront, and had dinner at one of the many trendy open-air restaurants along the beach.

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Comments for Rasta_Rob about Durban
Kristina1701 Wed Dec 19, 2001 20:40 UTC
 just beautiful
kristineb Fri Dec 14, 2001 08:48 UTC
 looks so gorgeous!!
gemma99 Tue Oct 23, 2001 05:44 UTC
 That water looks inviting!
funkymama Sun Sep 2, 2001 18:48 UTC
 and another one great page wowowowowowo
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