This week I was a little tired of researching the more boring stuff about studying abroad and I decided to look at one of the interesting aspects: where will you study abroad? Of course, there are many, many cities across the world that international students have the opportunity to study in. Since there are soo many, I only selected a few to look into first. I found it really hard to only pick a few because almost every place I looked at seemed like a wonderful place to study. I finally found one city in particular that I thought would be interesting to research further: Durban, Africa. I originally never considered this city when I thought about studying abroad, but when I looked at it, I became a little bit intrigued to know more about it.
Durban, Africa
Durban is a coastal city in South Africa. It is one of
Africa’s largest ports and the third most populated city in South Africa.
Durban is a popular place for tourism because of its warm subtropical climate
and vast beaches. It is a very culturally diverse city with Africans, people of
British decent, and the largest Indian population outside of Asia.
Partially the reason why I took interest in Durban to
research is because of how beautiful the city is. I think it would be an
interesting and fun area to visit.
Language
Many different languages are spoken throughout South Africa.
In Durban, Zulu is the most commonly spoken language with English being the
second most spoken.
Food
Curry and sea food is common cousin in Durban. Mutton is
also a common meat, along with shellfish. A lot of Durban food is South
African-style Indian food or heavily Indian influenced. Bunny Chow or sometimes
Bunny is a popular food in Durban. Bunny Chow is usually a hollowed out loaf of
bread filled with curry. A popular restaurant, especially so for tourists, is
the Roma Revolving restaurant, with its clear glass revolving dining room on
the 32nd floor of the John Ross House. At Roma’s you can get a great
view of Durban along with an large array of food choices.
I just barely touched on Durban, but I’m glad I looked into
the city. I may be interested in considering going to study abroad in a South
African city like Durban. Up until I took interest in Durban, I was mainly focused
on visiting a country or city in Europe. I think Durban is a cool city and so I
may keep my options very broad on where to travel and study.
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- Community Memory. Web. 19 Mar. 2015.
<http://www.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Durban>.
"ISA -
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2015. <http://studiesabroad.com/programs/country/south_africa/city/durban/viewUniversity>.
"Top Ten
Culinary Experiences in Durban -- National Geographic." National
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