On the trail of Bunny Chow - 26 minutes in Durban

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After PE, South African cities were not on our priority list of places of visit! It probably didn't help arriving at 11 o'clock at night and it certainly didn't help when the map from the hostel was liberally scattered with shaded "no go" areas. We braved our first bit of South African public transport, listened very carefully to all the advice on where not to go and decided after the sum total of 26 minutes to retreat to the safety of the suburb of Berea where the backpacker hostel was located.

Berea was a typical upmarket South African suburb, where the "haves" alternate their lives between their high security homes and American style shopping malls. If you can't beat them, join them and so it was off to the shops, cinema, flea market and a fiercely contested rugby match at Durban High School. We gleefully left Durban, without even getting close to the local delicacy of Bunny Chow - a hollow loaf of bread filled with curry!

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Photos

Durban
...from a safe distance

Durban Again
...from a safe distance

Berea
Flea Market - Miranda secures her 20 rand birthday pressie

SA Rugby
Even at a tender age, they take it seriously.

Comments

[alex waring]

Urban Areas and Bunny Chow
I also learnt after passing through PE, that urban areas require caution and general avoidance in South Africa. And public transport there was a big no-no. I'm sorry you didn't get to try a Bunny Chow in Durban though, that was an experience for me.