The East Coast of South Africa is world-reknowned for it's fantastic diving opportunities, particularly at Aliwal Shoal, minutes down the coast from Durban. In the photos are Johan, diving just outside the Durban Harbour entrance off the Bluff with Calypso Diving and Guesthouse Co-Owner Llewellyn (left in second photo) with Johan around the pool at our exclusively gay Durban View Guesthouse . 
Lounge, the gay bar/club just down the road from our Guesthouse. The events in the lead up to New Year at The Lounge at 226 Stamfordhill Road are:
Earlier this month we celebrated our 3rd Anniversary and Christmas next week will be our 4th one together. Here's a photo I took of Llewellyn with our Christmas tree in the Guesthouse lounge. Happy Holidays all. The Guesthouse will be full next week in the run up to New Year.
It's been a fun week at Durban View Guesthouse this week in the run up to Christmas as (photos from top) beach friends Jacques, Christo (with co-owner Llewellyn) and Christian have a few drinks in the huesthouse Pub, Johannesburg guest Peter celebrates his 25th birthday, friend Matt lights a flaming sambuca, and Jannie holidays from the States. Thanks for joining us guys... keeping the house a fun place. 
Meet Johnny, Chris, Johan & Edwin - Friends from Gauteng and Cape Town who rendesvous at our Guesthouse . They were attending Edwins sisters engagement party in Westville.
Durban's only gay club, The Lounge, and 330 party legend have teamed up for tonight's blast at 226 Stamford Hill Road. Tickets are R80 and will be a mind-blowing event (gay guys want more though..lol). And if you don't make tonight, remember Wednesdays are Tipsy night at The Lounge with entry R30 and house vodka and brandy free 9pm - 11pm. Always a good jol!!
With the FiFa 2010 World Cup Football coming to South Africa, Durban was busy this week with delegates here for the preliminary draw. The Guesthouse had some delegates too and the rest of the week we have been full. In the photos are from top, Michael from Johannesburg, Rick from Jhb (and myself Dave), and in the bottom pic Theo and Riaan from Cape Town, Leon from Jhb seen with my partner Llewellyn in the guesthouse pub.
We in Durban have one gay bar and club and we are proud of The Lounge at 226 Stamford Hill Rd, just down the road from our Guesthouse. Friday nights entry is R30 with drinks half price until midnight. Saturday nights are the real Party Night with multiple Djs and a pumping dancefloor. And upstairs is the men-only Red Bar open every day from 4pm - 12pm.
We made 2 new friends this week. Laurent and David from Paris stayed at our Guesthouse while passing through from St Lucia on their way to Port St Johns to stay with friends in a Kraal without electricity (aag shame - no gaydar access). We had an awesome evening with them at one of Durbans famous Indian Restaurants - Indian Connection - followed by Karaoke at The Lounge... David actually got me (Llewellyn) to sing "The Locomotion" 
. It's Woodstock time again in a new venue, the President Brand Park with more than 70 of the best South African bands across all styles of music. The Woodstock Festival was founded here over 9 years ago and will keep you entertained 24-seven with action activities and plenty of food stalls. There will be several bars, three stages, DJ's, dance arenas, extreme sports demonstrations and fleamarkets. There is also a bus from Durban to take you there (R600 - book at computicket) or you can stay gay with us in Durban and buy your tickets from them. Also check out the Woodstock site for more info and a full list of the participating bands. In the pic above is Springbok Nude Girls, one of the featured bands and well respected in this country.
We've been to the 3 Dubs this last week - from Durban, to Dublin and Dubai (United Arab Emirates) - but East or West, home is usually best, and we can comfortably say that Durban's beaches and sea are undoubtedly the best we have seen. The desert safari in Dubai was pretty cool and here Llewellyn gets cosy with a camel. The second pic is of the Burj Arab Hotel, the world's largest hotel at Jumeira Beach where we swam in the warm waters of the Gulf. Not to be outdone by the rest of the world, the third picture is of the world's tallest building under construction. The height reached so far is 150 floors and the contractors are waiting for the building under construction in China before deciding on the total number of floors to be added (to about 170 stories) to ensure that the Dubai building is the world's tallest. We also saw from the air the world's largest poster laid out on the ground and entered in the Guiness Book of Records. The last picture was our sense of humour as gay guys looking laterally at the translation of stop in Arabic...lol.
ROBIN HOOD 11th Annual Durban Adult Panto Oct 23 - 27 @ The Hexagon. Oct 30 - Dec 31;@ The Chris Seabrooke Theatre at DHS from Oct 30 Bookings and enquiries: 074 190 6239. It was a time of lawlessness and corruption, When honest decent folk lived in fear of thieves and brigands When the gold-hungry wealthy oppressed the poor. It was in fact, a time a lot like ours… Yes boys and girls, after many years happily spent sullying the memory of our best loved fairytales, this year's festive adult pantomime takes us back in time to the legendary green Sherwood Forest - before they smoked the green, ran a freeway through it and attempted to rename it after an obscure Libyan camel-breeder. Of course, this being pantomime there's bound to be more G-strings twanging than bow strings but, rest assured, the familiar faces will all be there. Staring Thomie Holthauzen as Friar Tuck, Rowan Bartlett as Little John, Clare McIlroy as Maid Marion, Sean de Klerk as Robin Hood & Anthony Stonier as Princess Joan of Collins. This show has it all: a dazzlingly dirty script, saucy singalongs and timeless (well they seem to last forever) songs in a classic tale of true love, good versus evil and the sheer joy of shooting sharp pointy things at other people - all this in a pristine forest setting with more bush than Paris, Lyndsay and Britney combined. Written and directed by Anthony Stonier
or Arena attached to the ICC which was completed earlier this year. The ICC has been rated in the top-10 International Convention Centres in the world by the World Association and the best in Africa. The addition of the ICC Arena will cement our position as a world class venue. One can see the ICC from the roof-top of our exclusively gay Durban View Guesthouse and many of our guests do in fact come here as part of a conference.Book your concert tickets here, then come Stay Gay with us. Enrique Tickets Buble' Tickets Accommodation
Meet Bill (Washington) Eddy (local savage from Pretoria), Ira and Brett (also Washington) who joined us for the Mince Show last night and are staying at the Guesthouse. The show was fully booked weeks ahead.
I was supposed to take the camera last night for some pics of the guys we took to see the fabulous, famous Mince drag show. But like a savage I forgot and this cellphone shot of Llewellyn, Mince Star Clive and myself, Dave, is all I have to show for the magnificent performance. We took Eddy, Ira, Brett and Bill, guests staying with us at the guesthouse,to the show as well and we were joined by another 15 friends - so much drinking and laughter was had by all. Well done Clive and Martin (best drag mime artists we have seen) - please bring your shows back to Durban soon!!!
If ever gay guys were to look for outdoors adventure, South Africa is the place to visit.. with our wide open spaces, mountains, deep blue sea and diving opportunities.. the sky is the limit...lol. Or you could of course just lounge in the sun from October - April on our roof top at this exclusively gay Guesthouse and soak up our glorious summer sun. Gay Outdoors is an adventure website we have recently linked to and you could find us and any number of alternative gay outdoor vacations right here.
Our fun friend and regular guest Mark (left) returned to the Guesthouse and sunny South Africa with his mate Brett (right), a spunky Bournemouth lad who flew out from the UK for a short South African holiday. Also in the picture is our "gay-curious" friend Shaun who loves to visit the gay boys every so often, helping out in the bar and around the house. 
Llewellyn and Dave on board the "Brilliance of the Seas" as she docks in Istanbul last week....
Llewellyn shows the boys his hot body and new cozzie...
Dave returns to his favourite European city Venice with the Bridge of Sighs in the background.
Llewellyn with postcard picture of our ship docked at the island of Corfu, Greece.
Here is the island we would love to buy off the island of Corfu!!!
Sailing into the port of Venice on a slightly chillier morning after an awesome cruise and fantastic sunny weather.
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This is what Llewellyn has achieved in just under 3-months of twice-a-week personal training sessions with Bruce (see story below) as he and I tried valiantly to shape up for our gay-only cruise. Wow.. eat your heart out guys!!! :-) Dave
Meet Bruce, our personal trainer who has been trying to beef up our bodies for the all-gay cruise we are going on next week.. see story above. It is so difficult to believe what can be achieved, but after our 3-month gruelling sessions, some measure of success has been achieved. The "proof of the pudding" will be on deck before 2000 other gay cruise mates as we sail among the Greek Isles.... many thanks Bruce.
Legendary singer, songwriter and entertainer Sir Elton John has confirmed dates for his first South African tour. Don't miss the chance to see Elton John and his band live in SA! 
WONDERFUL NEWS: It has just been confirmed by the gurls that "The Da Mincey Code" will be coming to Durban between the 3rd and 5th October 2007. It will play at the Heritage Supper Theatre, so book your seats to this outstanding dinner drag show soon.
