Nobody told me Durban would hit this hard.
I came expecting a beach city warm water, good vibes, easy pace. What I got was all of that and then a city with genuine personality. Durban doesn’t perform for tourists. It’s too busy being itself.
The Golden Mile is the pride of KwaZulu-Natal a long stretch of beautiful coastline that anchors the city and sets the tone for everything around it. I walked it my first morning while the city was still waking up, the Indian Ocean flat and glittering, joggers and vendors already moving along the promenade. By the time I found coffee, I was already planning to extend my trip.
Before I even landed in Durban I’d already sorted my guesthouse deposit and airport transfer through Spendin Rands, clean, no drama. Travelling from Nigeria to South Africa used to come with a whole logistics headache around currency. This time I
