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Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 16th 2007

hier einige fotos von johannesburg und der diamond diggers lodge...... read more
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Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 16th 2007

das apartheidsmuseum ist absolut empfehlenswert... schockierend, aber ein absolutes muss wenn man in johannesburg ist. sowohl auch eine tour durch SOWETO - SOuth WEst TOwnship. mandelas ehemaliges haus, hektor pieterson memorial... all diese geschichtsträchtigen plätze zu sehen ist ziemlich beeindruckend ! ... read more
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Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 9th 2007

When we arrived back to Joburg international airport from our safari to Kruger and environs, we made our way immediately to the Hire Car section and without delay got our car, a little Toyota Yaris. With some trepidation, were on our way on their freeways to find our Airport Game Lodge. We found the exit fairly easily, and the road that the lodge was supposed to be on... but it was gravel, and turned into potholes after a few metres, then it got worse... a dead end sign showed up... but still we continued. I was adamant I was correct, reading the information off the web site. Fortunately, I was right! We were there by 4.30 pm, well before dark! It was a lovely place, with an area cordoned off for the animals such as springbok, ... read more
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Palace, Sun City
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Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 7th 2007

We finally got to Gatwick to book in for our Nationwide flight to Johannesburg after having followed a rolling roadblock for a few miles. Our luggage was a little on the heavy side in spite of having a 30kg allowance each as we were taking lots of camping equipment with us as well as a wedding dress for my daughter Kerry. We were told we had to get it down by 10kg so proceeded to offload a few pre-determined items we could manage without, these included our camping axe and spade (discreetly wrapped in plastic) which we can easily replace and our laptop as well, we somehow managed to squeeze in the 12v cooler box (essential for 40 degree heat travelling) so were quite happy. The plane left on time and we were very impressed with ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 4th 2007

Fly from Heathrow on the 30th of October. First stops Johannesburg, the main city, where we stay in the eastern suburds with Andrew's cousin and friends. Also go to Pretoria, the legislative capital of South Africa, for a birthday party at Heinrich's. See a performance of the Lion King at Montecasino. This province is called Gauteng. It is unusually green for this time of year, the locals say. The weather is very pleasant during our stay - a daily very short thunderstorm keeps things cool - otherwise sunny with little humidity. ... read more
Side trip to sunny Brighton
Cousin John's indigenous garden
Benoni Encounter

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg November 1st 2007

nun, wie ich im letzten blogeintrag geschrieben habe, sind meine plaene nicht wirklich fix... habe mich bereits umentschieden nicht direkt nach mosambik zu fahren. war im krueger n.p. mit jean-claude und marlies ravaz waehrend 8 tage und nun bin ich zuruck in johannesburg seit einigen tagen. war gestern im apartheitsmuseum, habe dort was komisches gegessen und habe mehr oder weniger den halben nachmittag auf dem stillen oertchen verbracht.. heute geht es mir aber bereits besser im krueger n.p. fuhren wir insgesamt 2000km und haben jenstes gesehen. leider kein leopard und auch kein gepard, aber dafuer wildhunde ! am morgen frueh haben wir das rudel als erste angetroffen und haben ihnen waehrend fast 3/4 stunden zugeschaut wie ie eine impala gefressen haben ! als wir weiter fuhren waren etwa 10 autos dort. haben auch roan- und saebelantilopen ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg October 29th 2007

Last stop on the African continent - Johannesburg. I spent 3 days in the capital before catching my flight to Sydney. Joberg is an interesting place. I'm sure you've all heard how terrible it is with violent crime statistics flying about all over the place. I'm not going to try and paint a different picture, though my time there was rather uneventful. Had I put myself at risk who knows what would have happened - but I didn't. We played it very safe getting private taxi's everywhere and not really going out after dark. As a result I found Joberg incredibly boring. There's nothing I like more when exploring Africa than to get on a bus with the locals to see how things are really done and you just can't do this here, especially when staying ... read more
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Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg September 20th 2007

Yes you did read that right, we went Ice skating in Africa!! How wierd. Theres a proper size ice rink in the mall that we went to today, it was awesome! Then we had lunch and came back, nothing too exciting. Ok update, on Monday afternoon we went on a tour of Jo'Burg and Soweto (which comes from the first two letters in each word of South Western Township - get me!). That was brilliant, although for some reason the guide took us to the 'museum of man and science', which is actually just a herbal remedy shop covered in dead animals.There was even a monkey stuck on the wall which had literally been ripped open so his ribcage was sticking out, ugh. We named him George. We got taken through the very poor red light ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg September 17th 2007

Hello again everyone! We've had an amazing experience since we last wrote. We're over the jet leg...yuppee:) We were both awake on Friday night for a few hours around 2am but last night had a full nights sleep. Yesterday morning we were picked up by our driver Mandala. He took us to a place called "The Top of Africa" where we took a lift to the 50th floor of a building in downtown J'burg. The view was amazing and you could see the city from all directions. Mandala was extremely informative and so proud of his city. Its hard to wrap your head around this city. Its huge, 10 million people or so and all I can say is it is very random. I'm glad we didn't rent a car and attempt to drive...one because I'm ... read more
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Nick and Ali Washington Monument
Our new house ;)

Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg September 17th 2007

Couldn't upload anymore pic's from our last entry but wanted to show you a few from our trip to Soweto. ... read more
The Girls I mentioned in the last post
Nick with one of his new friends
A women in the market in Soweto




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