2010 - Durban races ahead

Durban's new 2010 Stadium for the Soccer World up can be seen under construction in this photo I took from the adjacent Absa Rugby Stadium last week at the Tri-Nations Springboks vs All Blacks clash. The second picture is an artist's impression of the awesome new mega-building which will seat 80 000 spectators. The new stadium will be visible from the roof-top of our http://www.durbanview.co.za guesthouse and will be an exciting addition to Durban's skyline and world-class sports facilities.

East Coast Radio House & Garden Show

Join the buzz, get spending and redecorating! It’s the East Coast Radio House & Garden Show, from 29 June to 8 July, 2007 at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The Pink Rand will be working overtime as this year showcases the latest hot trends on the home and lifestyle front. As always nothing can stop us once we get going and a visit to this annual event is a must.
‘alive with ideas’ is this year’s theme and more than 350 exhibitors will show you how to brighten and update your home, office or garden space, at this must-see event. East Coast Radio will be broadcasting live over the 10 days so you can meet some of your favourite radio personalities.
When you book your trip to Durbs don't forget to book at our exclusively Gay Guesthouse.

Durban Rocks

Winter in Durban is one of our best months and a host of sporting events will be taking place in our marvelous June/July sunshine while the rest of the country shivers - the events range from the world famous Comrades Marathon which took place this Sunday gone, the Tri-Nations Rugby with All Blacks/Springboks test match, Surfing, Body Boarding Durban Beach Pro-Am at the Bay of Plenty29th June - 1st July 2007 and of course the Vodacom Durban July Horseraces the 7th July 2007. Durban is really packing the visitors in for the events and there will be plenty of yummy eye candy for the gay Durban guy-watchers.

Tri-Nations Rugby hits Durban

Absa Stadium Durban - just down the road from our Guesthouse - is of course home to our Province's Sharks Rugby Team and will see all the action this weekend with the National Springbok team playing the All Blacks in a tri-nations clash of the titans. Go Bokke, Go!! We will all be down watching our team play along with some other guests from the guesthouse - strange gay guys..watching rugby...lol.

Getting married in the morning..

Congratulations to Craig (2nd left) and Robert (3rd left) from South Africa but who are now living and working in London and are getting married in the morning!!! They both came to Durban for a visit and to see family and will be getting married in Johanneburg on Friday before returning to London after sorting out visa renewals for Craig. Thank you for sharing some time with us (Dave far left, and Llewellyn right) at the Guesthouse - we both wish you everything of the best for your future together.

Travel South Africa

Being in the hospitality industry and recommending tour destinations to our guests, we like to try some of the destinations and transport ourselves. Llewellyn and I recently jumped on a South African Airways Express turboprop plane to visit East London and really enjoyed the flight and great service onboard. SA airways Express is our national airline's domestic service to smaller destinations within the country, linking them to our inbound airports.

International visitors

Juan (left) and Miguel (right) from Brazil and New York respectively seen with Llewellyn ( Durban View Gay Guesthouse) last week in Durban. Jose' is working in Mocambique for a year and Miguel is about to re-locate to California. Good luck to both of you in your respective fields and thanks for including Durban and our glorious winter sunshine in your tours.

Local and International

Andrew (middle) had such a great time at Durban's international tourism Indaba last month that he returned to Durban for an extra few days after touring our Province KwaZulu-Natal. Mike (left) from Cape Town joined us too for business in Durban and we all enjoyed drinks and the company in our guesthouse Pub. Guesthouse co-owner Llewellyn is pictured on the right.

Dave gets handy

Dave and Llewellyn are constantly improving facilities at the guesthouse and Dave is seen here installing the safes that have been put into the bedrooms for guests' valuables. Heated towel rails for each bedroom are also in the process of being installed.

Rainbow Cruise Durban 18-22 Feb 2008

A 4 night gay and gay-friendly Cruise on board the MSC Melody will take you to Barra Lodge off Mocambique. This is the second of the annual cruises organised from Durban and adds another exciting possibility for gay travellers to Durban. You can still book you place in the sun by clicking on the link in the article heading above. And you can extend your holiday either side of the cruise by staying right here at our gay-only Guesthouse overlooking the city and Indian Ocean.

Welcome Indaba guests

Eddie Rust (left) from Mhondoro Lodge seen with Llewellyn (right, Durban View Guesthouse) )is the first of our guests to arrive for the international Indaba tourism exhibition which opens in Durban this weekend. Welcome Eddy and all visitors to Durban. We hope the Indaba is again greatly successful for your marketing efforts to the international tour operator community and that we Durbanites live up to your expectations for friendliness and excellent service during your stay here.

Welcome also to Kobus and Gerhard of Hopefield Country House and Guest Farm near Port Elizabeth who have also just joined us and Indaba delegate Andrew from Austin, Texas of travel marketing company AW and Associates.

Saturday is party night for all gay visitors to the Indaba and we invite you all to join us at the

Guesthouse Sat evening at 7pm for drinks and later we can go out for a night on the town. For directions, just sms me (Dave 083-7033329).

Munich link for South Africa

German tourists have been given a new link to South Africa and Durban since South African Airways joined the global Star Alliance last year. New direct flights from Munich to Johannesburg have commenced and both South African tourists to Munich and Munich tourists here should expect to see more of each other in our respective cities. This link is in addition to the direct flights to Frankfurt our favourite airline has operated for many years. Welcome to our sunny port city on the east coast of South Africa. Come Stay Gay at our Guesthouse here and enjoy our city-wide and Indian Ocean roof-top views and Spa.

First Gay Wedding

The first gay marriage at our Guesthouse took place this weekend. Suzette (left above) and Belinda tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony presided over by Senior Pastor Deborah Bell of the Deo Gloria Family Church, one of the few mariage officers appointed in the country to marry gay couples. She may be contacted on 031-562 8869, 083 258 7492, email dgdbn@iafrica.com, or internet. Our Guesthouse now offers facilities for a small wedding ceremony, snacks and a bridal suite. Bookings and enquiries may be made by emailing us on dave@durbanview.co.za.

Easter guests

Easter has been a great weekend at home just relaxing for a change. Friday the Guesthouse was full and Sunday evening we had a quiet braai with guests Nelson (right) and Les (centre) from Australia and Mocambique respectively seen in the photo with Shane, our Guesthouse manager. Nelson played us some cool music that he composed and recorded himself.. he also gave us some blogging tips and we have linked his personal web and blog to our site. Safe travels home guys!

2010 countdown

The coundown to the 2010 World Soccer Cup in South Africa has begun in ernest. Durban's own new R1,6 billion stadium will be visible from our Guesthouse and the construction is now out of the ground. Piling was completed a few weeks ago. Bookings are now open for gay tourists only to Stay Gay!! with us in 2010. BOOK NOW!! or email us on dave@durbanview.co.za for bookings in advance of our system.

Budget Car Hire deals

Hey guys, gay tourism to South Africa is getting even better and we are working hard to get better deals for gay tourists. At present we are negotiating with Budget South Africa for a preferential rate for our guesthouse guests. Watch this space and we will let you know what we have been able to achieve shortly. Thank you Budget for talking to us.

Come Fly to us...

South African Airways is our airline of choice, so whatever you do or whichever way you go, be sure to click on our link and check out our favourite national airline. For travel within South Africa, a new no frills Airline wholely owned by SAA, Mango, is now operating with great discounted rates for those who want budget domestic air travel.

Bent Girls new venue

The ladies are deserting us with a permanent change of venue for their monthly gay parties. Some of us guys quite enjoyed their parties moving from venue to venue each month, but they will shortly be opening an exclusively girls venue upstairs of The Lounge, Durban's only exclusivelygay pub/club in Stamfordhill Road. Bent enjoys their 2nd birthday shortly and we wish the girls every success with their new venture.

Durban Harbour Booze Cruise

We all got pretty trashed on a Durban Harbour "Booze Cruise" to celebrate Dave's Law Firm Mc Naught and Company's 23rd birthday on Friday. Joining us on the cruise were guesthouse guests and friends seen here with Llewellyn (right) before setting off on the harbour and high seas Party.

Roof-top Tan

It's been sizzling summer sun in Durban and the Pool and Roof-top Spa with Sundeck at the Guesthouse has come into it's own since we installed it and tiled the roof in December. Llewellyn is seen posing for us as I took some new photos for our business card and flyer today.