The first of our discovering South Africa series where we pose certain truths·myths that exist out there. The answer: Not for us. But we have only seen a very small and exclusive part of it. I would say it is generally safe but you just need to be very careful. We made it safely to the hotel, I am writing at 2:30AM local time as we are both reasonably wide awake, but having missed an entire night's worth of sleep, we are still a bit tired. There is a 7 hour time difference, so this means that when we "wake up" [View Full Entry]

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Forty percent of the world’s gold formed in the Witwatersrand reef, a stretch of barren, sulfur-capped hills separating the open air townships from the glittering skyscrapers of Johannesburg. Low-lying hills surround the city, and form the boundaries of what was once a lake basin, into which were carried the immeasurable gold deposits by rivers to the north. That gold built the Republic of South Africa, and each hilltop seems to buttress the very sky, as finely-shaven as if every last fleck of gold was accounted for and plucked like the violet flowers adorning the hills, highways, and ev [View Full Entry]

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It was a morning of sad goodbyes... Fiona and I, along with all the other people leaving the tour, got up early to wave off the truck full of new travellers, and a couple of our friends who were staying on the truck, as it headed off on its 3 weeks trip to Cape Town. After breakfast, everyone else started to leave to go to the airport for their flights home/onwards. Fiona and I hadn't quite worked out how we were getting to Pretoria, so we figured the best way was to take the free lift to the airport, which was [View Full Entry]

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Jaa, hier mal ein paar Fotos aus Johannesburg! Leider bin ich zur Zeit etwas schreibfaul was einen neuen Blogeintrag angeht..aber ein Bild sagt doch mehr als 1000 Worte.. und das sind schon ein paar Bilder!! [View Full Entry]

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Since I’ve been jotting down little notes in a journal and haven’t made it to the computer til now, I’m just going to share some of my thoughts of my last 3 days I’ve been in Johannesburg, South Africa. I came over for a work trip, so a lot of my time has been spent working, between the Hyatt and the office. I haven’t gotten to see too much of the city yet, so I look forward to tomorrow, my “free” day before flying out tomorrow night. But here are some thoughts so far… -On the flight over, I experienced what [View Full Entry]

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NOTICE: LISTEN, THIS INTERNET CAFE IS SUPER SLOW. I KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLES OF THE SAME PHOTO, IT IS ALL MESSED UP..I APOLOGISE. when i get to PMburg, it will be easier to upload. until then, here a few shots..not much. sorry. hey last night was good.. had some great food with Piet, VK and Chigiwa. It is so great to have chips again..like true true chips.. i can't explain why but even when i make them at home, it is not the same. so after loading up on eats, we were just all sitting outside, sharing coffee and stories. the [View Full Entry]

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photos?? [View Full Entry]

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hello, howzit, unjani? SO i arrived at the OR Tambo, formally Joburg Int'l Airport, yesterday morning around 7,30 am. The driver from the back packers was almost two hours late due to extreme traffic, which we experienced on the way back as well. SO this gave me time to run up to Woolworths and buy a cellphone which by the way the number is +27-73-589-5302 !!!!! so I bought some airtime and was ready to go. once the driver arrived, we tossed my bags in the minibus and headed to SOWETO. I have wanted to visit Soweto for quite some time, [View Full Entry]

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Hi all!!! Eindelijk ist zover, Anouk en ik hebben genoeg verlof opgespaard om weer serieus te gaan genieten van t leven, ditmaal in Zuid-Afrika. Ja het is onveilig, ja we gaan vermoord worden in de steden, ja we gaan opgegeten worden door leeuwen, ja we missen een been bij terugkomst door het surfen tussen de haaien, but hey, het wordt fun! Like last time kunnen jullie hier terecht voor 3-tot-5-dagelijkse pogingen tot humor en fotografie, al kan het wat langer duren eer we ditmaal een internet café vinden. laat jullie commentaren maar komen, we zullen er even hard van genieten als [View Full Entry]

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Only being in Jo'berg for 2 days I experienced a lot about the history of South Africa and how the Apartheid happened. The Apartheid Museum was very good and provided a ton of information on the history of South Africa. If you are interested about the history you can read more facts about it below. I also visited Soweto which was a large township in the world. This tour basically just consisted of driving around and see things. We only got out of the car a few times. To see the hospital, which is the largest in the world. He showed [View Full Entry]

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