Dave and Llewellyn took part in their first gay Pride March this week in Buenos Aires Argentina. Pride is the first Saturday of November each year and this year we just happened to be in Buenos Aires in time for Pride and our first experience of marching in a Pride Parade.
It's the weekend and here to party up a storm in Durban are guests John, Gerhard and Rudi, and Cape Town visitor Marcel who popped in for a drink. 
Our recent guest Friedrich was a whiz with his camera and took these photos of the city from the Guesthouse.
Whilst we don't generally provide an evening meal at the Guesthouse, when we have a few international tourists staying with us and more often in summer, we have a braai (or barbeque as they may know it) with some of the local flavours and dishes. This also gives the guys a chance to meet and chat.
In Durban from Secunda is engineer Freidrich who came to collect his new car - VW Tiguan - and spend a few days at the Guesthouse.
Guests Stuart and Furdoon from London enjoy breakfast at the Guesthouse. They are doing Durban largely on foot and have done some big walking seeing the sights.
Llewellyn is usually the muffin man, but here Dave bakes and takes some fresh muffins out of the oven for morning breakfast at the Guesthouse.
Jerry (Salt Rock), Wynand (Irene) and Dave (Guesthouse co-owner) enjoy a drink at the Guesthouse on Sunday evening. Wynand owns and runs Gorgeous, a popular restaurant in Irene, Johannesburg and is taking a well-earned rest in Durban.
We love the odd weekend away when our host Thomie looks after guests at the Guesthouse - and a great destination is our Berg mountain range.. especially the northern Berg Amphitheatre area at Royal Natal National Park where we stayed at the Thendele huttted camp.. accommodation closest to the mountains.
The rain and clouds of the week cleared up nicely in Durban for our weekend guests at the Guesthouse. Having fun in the roof-top jacuzzi are Llewellyn (guesthouse co-owner) with John (Johannesburg) and Shaun and Tom (Cape Town).
Tyrone qualified as a finalist for the Mr Gay South Africa Pageant at the Knysna Loerie Festival earlier this year. He was also in attendance at the KZN Finals of the contest at the Guesthouse here last month checking out the competition.
Durban boy and finalist from the KZN regional finals of the Mr Gay South Africa Pageant, Tyrone Roberts will be viing for the top title in Johannesburg in November.Tyrone is one of 3 KZN boys in the running for the title.
The sun is shining bright and it's a public holiday today in South Africa so we're off to the beach... let's hope we can find some hot beach bodz at Scottburgh where we are headed.
Chris, Ryan, Donovan and friend had a blast at the Mr Gay South Africa pageant at the Guesthouse... see the facebook body shots pics...
Llewellyn (guesthouse co-owner) with Eddy Rust, winner of the KZN finals, although we understand he has since withdrawn and the runner-up and 2nd runner-up will now go through to the finals.
Tyrone Roberts (runner-up) and contestant Krishen Samuel getting ready for their debut on the ramp.
The new sliding door in the Pool room shows the patio deck we finished in time for the Pageant. Guests can now enjoy a sun-downer or catch the afternoon sun on the deck. 
Guest Christiaan Diedericks (left top) and his partner Chris (right) visited Durban and the Guesthouse for the opening of his Cold Sweat Graphic Art Exhibition at the ArtSpace Gallery here.
Meet Nelson Clemente - composer, musican, singer, who with partner Les is a frequent guest at the Guesthouse.
Enjoying some good Australian wine with our Perth guests and friends - Dave (guesthouse co-owner) with Nelson and Les (Perth savages) and Llewellyn (guesthouse co-owner) during the Mr Gay South Africa KZN finals at the Guesthouse last night.
The hot line-up of sexy hunks taking part in the Mr Gay South Africa pageant at the guesthouse last night to find a regional winner and runner-up to go forward to the national finals later this year.
Finalist from the Eastern Cape finals, Tyrone Nell, seen at the Guesthouse with our barman Jarrod.
Party-goers enjoy a drink and a chat before the Mr Gay South Africa contest gets underway in the new entertainment area around the pool at the Guesthouse.
Model boss Wesley Hiepner tries out the ramp across the pool as the judges get ready for the competition to start.
Dave appreciates the new decor of the Rainbow room. 
Loo with a view - Guesthouse co-owner Llewellyn tries out the loo in the Rainbow rom .. fronting on to the sundeck... :-)
The Eastern Cape regional winner and finalist in the Mr Gay South Africa Pageant is hotting up the stakes - here's sexy Chris Macgregor who hails from Durban but is staying in Cape Town at the moment. Lucky Cape Town.
This Saturday is going to be a hot affair at the Guesthouse with the KwaZulu-Natal regional finals of the Mr Gay South Africa Pageant taking place.
Leo Jan de Beer, Finalist: Second Runner-up Eastern Cape
Karel Petzer, Finalist: Mr Mardi Gras 2007
We had Guests Portia and Lauren at the Guesthouse this week on a mission to market the skills and fruits of labour of Eastern Cape artists. They have been making an unusual and beautiful collection of jewellry. The collection includes beaded wire necklaces, bracelets and rings in a range of dazzling white, black, silver and neon colours. 
It's been a sweat, but it's business as usual at the Guesthouse as our building alterations near completion. The rooms are back in commission and the steel framework for the wooden patio deck is now complete. This will give the upstairs rooms a deck to walk out onto, smoke in comfort or sit down for a cup of coffee or a sundowner cocktail.
David from France and Romijn from Netherlands who are in South Africa on a work contract - Romijn is with Barclays Bank and seconded to Absa - visited us in Durban for a break from the pressures of the corporate world.
Hey it's weekend at the Guesthouse and we're having loads of fun.
Dave's Birthday was largely spent this year supervising the builders making the alterations to the Guesthouse for the patio deck.
Dust and disruption are the order of the day as we quickly break through walls and add a 1st floor sundeck over the pool area at the Guesthouse. 
Welcoming Guests from around the world is Llewellyn, Guesthouse co-owner, (2nd from right), with from left to right Wayne (Johannesburg), Leonardo (Columbia), Lawrence (Belfast) and Deon (Cape Town). 
A vet from Brasilia, the administrative capital of Brazil, welcome Marcello, here at the Guesthouse and in Durban for a Conference at the International Convention Centre (ICC). This is our first guest from Brazil.
Durban's 2010 World Cup Football Stadium, the Moses Mabhida Stadium, is well on its way to completion later this year.
Shannon Hope opened the Show at the Guesthouse this Friday. It was part of Melanie Lowe's "Living the Truth" Coming out Tour which kicked off in Durban this weekend.
e richest male pageant in the country. The search is on for a gay man of impeccable character, taste and style – and of course – a temple of a body to house these admirable qualities. A candidate of whom the LGBTI community – in all it’s diversity – can be proud of.
Mr Gay South Africa website here.
Living the Truth Shows - Fri 31st July and Sat 1 Aug 7pm 
July and August are hot months at the Guesthouse.
We love visiting different parts of our own country and this weekend past we travelled to the Eastern Cape Province to the beautiful little town of Grahamstown for their annual Arts Festival. 
Having fun at the Guesthouse Pub are Wessel (left) our new part-time barman Jaco (centre) and Dave (guesthouse co-owner). Jaco will be looking after guests once a month.
After a few drinks at the Guesthouse, it's time to get to The Lounge.. here's Dan, our guest from Canberra with guesthouse co-owner Dave and local boy Sandhip Singh at The Lounge. Dan said there are such yummy boys in Durban, he will have to come back soon. 
Africa's greatest horseracing event, the Vodacom Durban July Handicap was an awesome day.. and just down the road from the Guesthouse.
We are set for an awesome July and August with Melanie Lowe's coming out party at the Guesthouse - 2 Shows "Living the Truth" on Friday 31st July at 7pm and a second show on Sat 1st August. 
The Games People Play is the official theme of this year's Durban July Handicap - South Africa's Premiere Horse Racing event of the year.. and it's all happening just down the road from the guesthouse.
We love meeting the world and the world comes to us. In the photos are guests from Singapore, Johannesburg and Atlanta region... we heard tales of Aligators, St.Helena Island and Singapore... always interesting and varied personal accounts from differing parts of the globe. 
Can you believe it is mid-winter in Durban and this is still the weather we enjoy?.. it's an all-year city which is why we love it. Our temperature ranges between 18c in winter to 35c in summer. And today is another glorious day.
Llewellyn captured the moment from our rooftop sundeck as the moon rises in it's full glory over the city of Durban. 
Durban harbour seen from our window seat in the SA Airways plane.
The best way to enjoy a long flight is to have a drink or several on the plane. Dave and Llewellyn say cheers, and it's good to be back.
We woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise... seen here from our bedroom window, looking past our guest City View room to the east and the Indian Ocean. We thought we must capture this 6am setting, trying hard to imagine that it is already 4pm the same day in Auckland and that we will be flying out tomorrow for 2 glorious weeks in Sydney and Auckland... will be posting some holiday snaps here.
Donovan was a bit shy to show the camera his winning underwear when receiving the prize, but here is a picture we took on the night of his sexy bum.
Photographer Rob Ross who stayed at the Guesthouse this week is not often on the other side of the camera, but here he is at breakfast when he stopped by in Durban this week; and pictured above is one of the awesome photos you can see on his website. Click on the links to see more. 
