I am legend

The next stage of my trip to South Africa took me to Durban, where the 57th Session of the International Statistical Institute took place. There were four days of boring work and presentations, where there is not much to be said.

Durban is the main harbour in Africa and the 9th in the world. Beyond that, it is an extremely dangerous city where it is not safe to walk alone in the streets, even during daylight. That was the advice I received in my South African guide, in my hotel and from the local organisers of the conference. Some attendants to the conference were not so cautious and they had to learn the lesson in a different (and harder) way.

I must admit that the city itself looks like a ghost city taken from films such as "12 monkeys" or "I am legend", that is to say, a city after a global disaster. Nobody walks and everybody is driving. I get the impression that Durban was quite prosperous in the 80s, as it has a lot of hotels in front of its amazing beach, but afterwards everything seems to have been stopped and people has left the city centre, leaving it empty and ghostly. Buildings have not been repaired in many years and they all have quite a decadent air.

In any case, let me show you a picture from the room of my hotel. That is all I can give you...
Next post: Sani Pass in the Lesotho border.