Blogs from Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa

Oh happy day! We are finally on our way.i have managedto cram my life into a 65L backpack and I have this nagging feeling that I have left something/one behind. this feeling is slowly subsiding and i am getting very excited... this is however not good for sleeping on the plane(one of the things i dont look forward to). i keep having visions of clinging koahala like to an unknown passanger while Fantje takes pictures to use against me. for the nature of the friendship is such. We are happy and excited. flying out of OR Thambo: 20:30 landing Abu Dhabi: 6:00 friday leaving Abu Dabi: 13:00 friday landing Heahrow: 18:00 friday... read more

So this morning I woke up in a panick. the type off panick one gets if ou forgot an exam. I have not started packing and I can only pack 15 kg. one of my size 8's weighs about 7.5kg. yes I am realy in trouble. We fly out of SA on Thursday at 20:50... and will be in London in 18:00 on Friday....... read more

we have been having issues so that is delay in blogging....love technology not.. We arrived in joburg on Monday after leaving Cape Town on a 6am flight. We stayed atbthe Davinci Hotel, very nice. Even though we ariived well brfore the official check in time our room was avaliable, very cool. We headed to Nelson Mandela square for the photo with the bronze stature of him, but been so tired we forgot to put the battery in the camera lol we decided to head back to room and have a nana nap. We got picked up at one and went on atour of the city. First stop in Houghton was the home of Nelson Mandela when he is in the city, very flash. We then headed to the city centre, not as bad as people make ... read more

The last week or so on the farm we spent at the schools. Teaching at St Basil's everything from English and Maths to HIV awareness; a real eye opener. We played football with the kids in the afternoons, naturally we were made to look terrible by the 9-14 year olds both because of the heat and the fact that we are generally rubbish. We also visited another school on a neighboring farm, much newer than St Basil's, and spent the day there teaching and talking to the headmistress about her plans for the school which currently operates out of her front room. It has been overcast but warm for the last few days of my time in Zim. Since returning to Harare we managed to pack a lot into a few days before I headed back ... read more

After thunder storms from the sahara to zim and zero sleep, touched down in JB in decent weather early morning. customs was easy and met seb and katherine for a nandos breakfast. went and met seb's friends at witz uni...awsome campus. came back for a swim. Driving in JB is no different to home, apart from the beggars and fruit sellers.... read more

Nach einem sehr erholsamen Schlaf in einem wirklich komfortablen Appartment in einer wirklich guten Gegend konnten wir heute Morgen wohl erholt in das Jo'burg-Leben starten. Unsere Kultur-Vorsätze wurden jäh von der Tatsache durchkreuzt, dass montags offensichtlich vieles zu hat. Daher haben wir uns erst mal zu einem gechillten Frühstück in Melville entschieden. Bei Cafe de la Creme haben wir in der Sonne ein fast europäisches Frühstück genossen, während wir zusehen konnten, wie die Kletterkatze von außen sauber gemacht wurde. Wir sind dann auch sogar ein wenig zu Fuss rumgeschlendert. Ich kann Euch nur sagen: Johannesburg ist besser als sein Ruf. Danach sind wir zu Consitution Hill: Ein Hügel, auf welchem sowohl ehemalige Gefängniszellen als auch die Ausrufung der neuen Verfassung zu besichtigen sind. Zum Teil sehr bedrückenede Erlebnisse... Insgesamt sind Frauke u... read more

Heute morgen sind wir mal wieder früh aufgestanden, um nicht allzuspät in Johannesburg anzukommen. Nach gut 8 Stunden Fahrt inkl. Pausen durch schöne Landschaften sind wir gegen halb 3 in Hennings Wohnung gelandet. Gleich nach der Akunft haben wir uns auf den Weg zu einem Handwerker-/Kunstmarkt gemacht, den es jeden Sonntag hier gibt. Danach sind wir noch ein paar Geschäften vorbeigeschlendert und wieder zurück in die Wohnung. Den Abend starteten wir wie immer mit dem obligatorischen Drink zum Sundowner - diesmal mit einem Glas Wein neben dem Pool auf der Dachterasse. Anschließend waren wir noch lecker thailändisch Essen. Viel ist nicht passiert heute - dafür war Bettina in besonders guter Stimmung. Zuerst gabs ein paar flotte Sprüche für einem jungen, etwas korpulenten Herren in Knickerbocker & pinken (!!!) Schuhen, den wir im Aufzug trafen und auch ... read more

On friday most of the australian students had arranged to get togeather and go out for christmas. After finishing out wardwork for the day we headed over to the house being rented by the other university of sydney boys for a barbeque. We sat arround a table eating and drinking and it felt like christmas. The others had arranged a private minibus to take us all into a nightclub in an area called santon. I got carded at the door and then asked for my date of birth, the man said i had a baby face. Once inside we began to drink again. We had been talking expansivly about how great milo was and had earlier decided that we would do shots of milo at the bar. Thankfully the bartender was game and we slammed down ... read more