Blogs from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 48

By the time you read this final entry to our Blog, Christine and I will be home after a fantastic trip. South Africa is the last stage of our round the world trip and in many respects we feel we have saved the best until last. It is by far the most interesting country we have visted. It is not always comfortable to be here and especially in the cities, but there is so much to see and do and a great climate. Flying into CapeTown, with the sun rising over the Drakensberg Mountains was a real treat. Great views of the city and Table Mountain. Although initially sunny, by the third day we experienced a fifty year record drop in temperatures and even had some snow when we ventured to the top of Table ... read more

Hey everyone!! Not much internet access here, so this will be short and sweet - the pics will speak for themselves. Left Hali June 3rd after writing our last final and moving apartments. Missed a flight to Qatar. Spend a day in London because of it. Got to Johannesburg June 5th with my travel buddies, Chris Nash and Erin Palmer. Went on safari to Kruger National Park. It was freezing (we slept in treehouses), but beautiful - saw lots of animals, ate delicious meals, hung out with the South Africans, good times. June 9th we had an intense day in Jo'burg - google apartheid if you want to understand why we visited these places. First went to top of Africa (tallest building in continent - apparently). Then went to Soweto (South Western Townships), largest township in ... read more

The past several days have been unbelievable. The last time we blogged was I believe right before we were about to go shark diving, with great whites the following morning. So I can see how we left everyone reading in such suspense! We did survive (thanks Jess, for concern!) That is a whole adventure to the trip that I will do a separate blog- it will be very detailed, because Oh My God- we were close. Just a little detail for now, it was exciting, adrenaline pumping, and the first time on the water in Africa, to an area in Walker Bay, called ‘shark alley’. Need I say more? Right now we are at the airport in Johannesburg, to go on safari again! Forgot to mention that all those days we didn’t blog, they will ... read more

Refilwe has changed so much since last year, in fact everything everywhere appears to have changed. Jo’burg airport is different, lots of the shanty towns on the way to Refilwe have been replaced by what looks like cheap, affordable houses similar in size to the shacks they replace but built from proper materials. I guess the government have got to do something before 2010 although the few people I’ve spoken to here about the World Cup are doubtful the stadia will be ready for it but we can but hope. I’m hoping to get some photos of Refilwe up tomorrow so people can see how much it’s changed. Anyways, I’m just settling in today so not much to inform you of without photos…….... read more

Well hello and welcome to my travel diary, thought that the best way for you guys to keep in touch with me would be for me to write a diary as often as possible and hopefully I'll be updating this daily. I head off on thursday for any of you guys that don't know and I will be returning on the 3rd August.... read more