Blogs from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 17

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

So this is the first time I have lagged on my travel blog but i guess this segment is the few days leading up to the new year. On thursday we had a long shift, the highlights of which include: - standing in a fountain of blood while oferating on a 2cm hole in the left ventricle (saw the man today, he looks great) - the trauma desk getting compleatly cleared of patients for the first time since we arrived Andrew got a splash in the eye when removing a chest draing and so he is now on double therepy PEP. On friday night we went out to Melville for one of the sydney boys birthdays. They had rounds of shots including one where you drink with a straw through fire (well that was the idea, ... read more

we got here last night. Flight was great. I'm trying to figure out how to post pictures. I only have a minute. On the flight I watched 4 movies and we had great food. our seats were great. they did lay flat and we both slept great. Once here, we had about a 30 minute ride to the hotel. Now this is a nice Holiday Inn, much better than the one we stayed at in Raleigh. Went to Nelson Mendala square last night and had a wonderful dinner. Most places were closed for a national holiday, so after that we came back to the hotel.... read more

highlights of the latest 24hr shift: - watching a young boy come out of ketamine sedation and be high as a kite - wresteling an unconcious person out of a wheen chair and onto a bed, then stopping their arterial bleed - giving a 50yo lady 32 sutures while chatting about life and having her be so comfortable that she fell asleep pitfalls of the latest 24hr shift: - not placing a urinary catheter in an unconcious patient in time and suffering the devastating consiquences of getting pissed on - eventualy finding my delerious patient in another ward eating a plate of food he stole from another patient and then getting told off by the nurses of that ward for "telling my patient he could come and eat there" and that "he couldnt go and have ... read more

Johannesburg (4 June 2011 - 10 June 2011) Next morning was the flight to Johannesburg so we woke up early, picked up a driver from the rental car showroom who dropped us off at the airport and we were off to Jo’burg. Johannesburg was a bit of a let down after Cape Town with dry lifeless surroundings and a desert atmosphere. Baggage was delayed so we quickly rushed to the car rental showroom and picked up the car we had book – our dream – the luxurious Nissan Xtrail!! Brand new, shiny silver, it was waiting for us in the parking and we couldn’t wait get on the road. After a long struggle with fixing the GPS to locate our guest house we drove for an hour and half to reach the place and found it ... read more