#Wednesday Walk - An Early-Morning Walk at Wilson's Wharf
This post is for the #wednesdaywalk challenge and the #makemesmile challenge collaboration. This collaboration initially took place once a month, but due to its popularity, @tattoodjay (of the #wednesdaywalk) and @elizacheng (of #makemesmile) decided to make it a weekly thing.
If you want to know more about the rules, visit this week's post by @tattoodjay where you will find all the rules at the bottom of his post after you've enjoyed his beautiful photos from his walk.
I want to share some early morning photos today. These photos were taken during an early morning walk at Wilson's Wharf, which is technically in the Durban Harbor, yet, you can only access the entertainment area, restaurants, and the docks to private yachts and boats. You cannot get access to the rest of the harbor from here.
The first photo was taken just after sunrise, looking out over some boats, docked just outside the main entertainment area in Wilson's Wharf.
Various charters offer cruises to the public from these docks, taking people out on 30-minute or 1-hour cruises. Some cruises are in and around the harbor, while others take you on a 1-hour cruise on the ocean.
From there, we drove to another area, also in Wilson's Wharf, where more boats are docked. You can see their masts in the distance in the photo below.
Most boats and yachts at these docks are privately owned and for private use only.
These two boats, My Girl and My Girl Too, belong to a charter company.
Some time ago, my wife and I enjoyed a 1-hour ocean cruise on My Girl. It was awesome!
No shortage of boats here...lol.
A view over the harbor...
More yachts...with the city of Durban in the background.
My last photo for today also gives you an idea of the size of some of these boats. I also like the reflections in the water.
And that's all for today, folks.
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love the warm glow in the sky and so many beautiul boats
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Have a great day!
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What a beautiful place to see a splendid sunrise, I love that you were able to access the place and were able to take these beautiful shots. It would have been nice to have rented the yacht for an hour and enjoy the boat, dear friend @jacoalberts
Hi @jlufer! I am glad you enjoyed my photos! Thank you for your feedback! I do appreciate it! Going on that 1-hour cruise was fun indeed! It was an unforgettable day!
Have a great day!
Thats actually a pretty big marina there too, with some very VERY nice looking yachts.
I never realised that Durban would have such a huge boating industry there..
Good to know, so I've got a thing to do when I eventually get over there to have a look!
And you certainly times it with with the sunset too! Great shots you got there!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful sunset walk with me- and the rest of the world...😅
Yes, Durban has a huge boating industry. Durban Harban is one of the largest harbors in Africa and has the largest container terminal in the southern hemisphere... No wonder we have a huge boating industry too...lol.
You'll have a feats looking at some of the yachts here! We love going down there just to look at them...lol.
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Have a wonderful day!
WOW ok I didn't know that it was so big but now that I think about it, it doesn't suprise me.
What about the pirate ships around there, do you get any/many because I know a lot of shipping routes have had to change recently due to the pirating....
Yes I'd love to have a look at the boats there, bit would prefer to be on them on the water somewhere though...🤣
Fortunately, we don't have a lot of problems with pirates here...at least not that I know of. But piracy is a huge problem as you go higher up along the African coast.
Yes! I agree with you! It's much better to be on them on the water! That is so true😄!
OK so is that higher up- directly north of South Africa or over to the west past Nigeria and Ghana? (I'm planing a trip over there...hopefully next year...)
And I would LOVE to go out on the water there, hence the questions...😅
Yes, I've heard about some instances along the coast of Mozambique, but it is mainly higher up toward Somali on the East Coast and on the West Coast in the area of Nigeria...
However, as far as I know, they prefer to target large vessels with valuable cargo such as oil, etc...
I don't think anybody will take you out on a cruise which will be too dangerous and/or risky.
No harm in asking these questions, @chocolatescorpi! Safety first! That's the wise thing to do...lol!
Well I really want to get to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa and Ghana one day, so let's hope they stay way up north then!
Yeah, it's always in the back of my mind what people think about the fat white tourist, because I know in a few parts of the world they think that are rich- because they are fat, they can afford expensive food, so we MUST be rich, but we know that's not the case at all...so whether I be on a yacht for hire, from a distance I could be the fat white rich yacht owner you know...and demand a ransom, but good luck with that...(Am I being too paranoid now? 🤣
I hear what you are saying and I can understand your concern. I'm not all that familiar with the countries up north, but here in South African waters, you should be safe. We have a high crime rate in the country, but as long as you don't just blindly go anywhere without getting some advice from local people, you should be fine.
But as far as piracy is concerned, we don't have that kind of problem here.
Yup.
One day I'll get there pirates or Not! 🤣
Awesome! There is still plenty to enjoy in the world👏👍!!
So lovely! This reminds me of a similar place here. The cruise around the harbor sounds totally cool. So glad I got to experience something similar a long time back. Thank you for always bringing smiles and good vibes with your posts. Happy new month ahead!
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