Durban!

This past weekend, some friends from the office and I made the 6 hour drive down to Durban for a little holiday from work (not that working in SA hasn't been a holiday in the first place). Besides getting hella lost (even with a GPS system) and sitting bitch seat the entire time and having to bribe the cops for a speeding ticket somewhere in the middle of Kwazulu-Natal (from an excessive 3000 Rand to an impressive 500 Rand...corruption much?), the drive down was surprisingly very entertaining and absolutely gorgeous.

Daytime consisted of tanning and sleeping on the beach and walking around outdoor markets while nights we went out to late dinners and then met up with some locals who showed us around, took us to clubs, etc. It was basically like the Cali of SA. Needless to say, I loved it. Also, we tried this delicious dish called bunny chow, which is a unique South African Indian dish. It's basically just a loaf of bread with the middle carved out and filled with delicious and authentic chicken curry. So filling but so worth it.

The most exciting part of the trip for me was probably the sardine run. So basically, once a year, on the north wharf beach, these industrial fishermen hire tons of workers to haul in this huge net filled with sardines. It's apparently a major eco-tourism event. But anyways, once they get the net on the beach, the fishermen practically start dancing on top of the net filled with millions of wriggling sardines and start scooping them out into hundreds of crates. Then all the little children gathered around the net with their plastic bags scurry off after the sardines that escape and try to catch them in their bags. Here are some pictures:








And here are some more pictures from the weekend: