Durban: Taxes, healthcare, and a self contained hostel

 

Ozell and I were not feeling very adventurous in Durban.  We did not want to venture out at night to different parts of the city for clubs.  We were and are still feeling the sting from our incident in Port Elizabeth.  But we enjoyed a small part of Durban along the ocean.  A major marine development was very close to our hostel so we ate at their restaurants almost every night.  Again, we had access to an abundance of cheap seafood and wine.  We walked up the coast one day.  Ozell was also able to see a dentist about his teeth.

 

The best thing about our stay in Durban though was the Happy Hippo hostel.  The hostel was clean and very spacious.  It also had large common areas with the rooms lining the perimeter.  The overall feel was that of and urban loft.  However, our good time at the hostel had less to do with the physical layout as it did with the roof top bar and the patrons there.  The roof top bar was a nice combination of covered and open air space.  A large thatched straw roof covered the bar, seating, and pool table area.  The rest of the roof was open to the sun/sky.  Many of the bar's patrons were guests of the hostel, but it was also open to the public.  It was just a simple bar.

 

Because of the guests, we had a great time at the bar almost every night.  We made some friends with the barmaid and some other travelers.  People were friendly and we had fun being silly.  It also helped that I still had some good weed from Port St. John's and was able to find an area to smoke.  :)

 

Oh!  check out the TV in the attached pic to this post.  Yep!  That's right!  I was able to get them to turn on some of The Masters golf tournament on Friday and Saturday nights.  Hahahahaha   I didn't learn who won to over a week later though because we left on Sunday to head to our next stop...  Drackensberg.

 

Ciao,

 

Sean