Royal Riot 2014

Another long weekend has just passed by, as us Saffa's celebrated 20 years of freedom. It was a joyous occasion and the sense atmosphere was heightened by the upcoming South African election taking place on May 7th next week. I managed to fit in some celebrating as well, by heading over too 'Royal Riot' an annual event hosted at the Pavilion Shopping Center. Organizers appeared to have high hopes in upping the previous 2013 event and the large crowd of people proved that this time around, the it was definitely bigger and better. Party-goers danced the night away to great music and were treated to headliners Neelix and Matty Lincoln along with a bunch of other great DJ's.

Pre-sold tickets for the 14 hour event were going for R80.00 through Computicket. If you headed over and decided to purchase a ticket at the venue, one would have had to fork out R130.00. All in all good people, music and friends resulted in it being a great night out. The only downside to Royal Riot was the bar inside the venue ran out of  glasses way too early into the night. Hopefully that wont happen at the next one.

If you are ever around when the next Royal Riot swings by again, be sure to get yourself a ticket and enjoy the dance fest.

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Photo op! 

*Photo Cred: Shanil Dayal

Hello Durban, Hello Burger King

So it's been over a month already since I have been back on SA soil. It's different this time around. The last time I visited it was all fun and frolic along with 2 weeks of utter mayhem. That's because the pretense of my stay was for vacation purposes only.

At the back of my mind I knew there was a job I had to back to in South Korea, a house that needed to be tended to as well as an expat life that needed to be lived. This time however it's a completely different experience. And I can all too easily be swallowed up by these chilled Durban vibes. It's awesome being back (on someday), but it is definitely taking some adjusting.

Well moving swiftly on, the Easter weekend passed us by recently which provided a great four day break for the working folk, whom got to go out, stay in, relax or just chill with their mates. I myself got to do a bit of exploring and found that my return could not have been more perfectly timed as it coincided perfectly with the launch of the Pavilion's food court, which brought with it the "whoppingly" amazing Burger King. Old favorites have also returned such as Spur, Cafe Gitano as well as Mimmos along with several others. Durbanites however, were treated to the first ever Burger King in Durban on the cinema level of the mall. Excitement fulled the air and so did the scent of fast food. People lined up hoping to get their hands on some of the deliciousness going around. So like the rest of the herd, mom and I followed suit and waited in like for no more than 15 minutes. The service was great and the food even better. I had tasted my first Burger King whilst in Tokyo, and biting the bun here sure brought back some epic memories. All in all a trip to the Pavilion nowadays will sure be a pleasant one for many.

Fellow Burger King lovers queuing up

The new look New Metro cinema

Why not head on over and check it out sometime. For newbies or if you're travelling through Durban for a bit and have never been to The Pavilion here's where it is:

Jack Martens Drive 
Sub 9 Lot 2369 
Westville
3611 
The Pavilion trades from 9am to 7pm daily.

For further information you can visit The Pavilion website here.

I hope you will love Pav as much as I do ^_^