I had a sea facing room at Durban and the sunrise used to happen from the sea. This was the fabulous dawn one day at Durban. And i would wake up at dawn because of the 3.5 hours difference between India and South Africa. This is a hand held photograph from a 75-300 lens. Not…
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Bunny Chow- The Indian Connection in Durban, South Africa
In Durban the Indian media group members were already talking about Bunny Chow. Being a vegetarian I initial thought it has something to do with a rabbit! After all we were in South Africa! Thankfully my suspicions were completely unfounded and Bunny Chow feels like a close cousin of our Paav Bhaji in India. Both…
The Phoenix Settlement at Night, Durban South Africa
The Phoenix Settlement at Inanda has a strong Indian connection. Gandhiji stayed here and launched his newspaper ‘The Indian Opinion’ from this place. It has been defined by the CERIO as Throughout its long history, the Settlement played an important role both from the spiritual and political point of view, in promoting justice, peace and…
Protea Flowers
Even though the memories of South Africa have not yet faded I am heading to Nepal to trek through Annapurna Circuit and for most of the time I would have no internet access. So I am scheduling some posts, mostly from South Africa, because as I say I can hardly sleep at night if I…
The Sky and Skyline at Durban, South Africa
For today’s sky watch I present Durban again. There is uShaka Marine World at Durban and the beach behind it. We took a taxi to go there but we walked back to our hotel from the beach. While walking back I would always lag behind the group, I just kept clicking pictures. The walk was…
Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel, Durban, South Africa
At Durban we were hosted at Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel and it is right by the beach. I had a beach facing room too. I think a lot of rooms are beach facing at this hotel. As South Africa is three and half hours behind India I would easily wake up by 6.00…
South African Music
South Africa is mesmerizing for so many reasons. The people, the food, the music, the landscape all are stunning. I am blessed to have traveled to South Africa. South African Music I hope you will enjoy this foot tapping music. This was featured at the SAA CEO’s Breakfast at INDABA 2013. Foot tapping, isn’t it?…
Sunrise at Durban, South Africa
I am not a sunrise person, there was a time when I could blissfully sleep through all the sunrises in the world. But that was before I started playing ‘photographer.’ I now try to get up at sunrise as I know it often makes for beautiful pictures. Doing so in Durban was not too difficult…
Why I do Miss South Africa So?
At the end of most of the trips I am happy to go home, so I was really surprised when I was torn between going home and staying for longer. And even now I have such a strong South Africa hangover that it barely registers that in about two weeks I would be trekking in…
The Sky Car Experience at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa
My first glimpse of Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban came quickly after landing at Durban.However my sky car experience at Moses Mabhida Stadium at Durban was much more fascinating. I was supposed to attend (as a listener) the #MeetSouthAfrica blogging event but my flight was late. I managed to get to hear only the last two…