Blogs from Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 2

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

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

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 und ich sehr ... 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

I went to a conference hosted in Johburg for Round Square which is an organization “dedicated to empowering the youth.” The theme was Neva 2 Young 2 Lead, silly name amazing concept. I learned so much and had an amazing time meeting people from Ghana, Kenya, India, Australia and more South Africans. The conference was 3 days long and I don’t want to go into all the boring details, so here are a few highlights: •Aloysias Maimane (keynote speaker): My favorite part of his speech is where he talked about how one wants to have a legacy. You don’t want your funeral speech to be “he lies so and so, he lived and…. Had a Volvo.” His speech was not filled with demands on how one must better themself, but rather hypothetical questions meant for personal ... read more