Blogs from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Africa - page 47

We're Here!!!!!!!!!! After an 11 hour flight (40 minutes delayed of course), we touched down at Johannesburg airport woo!!! To be honest the flight was awesome, we had TV screens in the back of the seat in front of us, free drinks, and a free blanket, which is of course the most mportant thing. I watched the Pursuit of Happyness (again), slept for about 8 hours, had a (quite minging) breakfast, watched Shrek the Third and it was over! Through passport control, picked up our backpacks, wrestled with the pacsafe and then fell over trying to actually get the packs on our back. Realised we didnt have the phone number for our hostel so found tourist information, one of the 'helpful' people walked in front of us even though we could clearly see where we were ... read more

Yes, you may have thought we had vanished off the face of Africa, but no really we had no internet access and we were fighting the lions, tigers and bears and fires (will expand later). So just to recap when we last wrote we were in Malawi and since then we have travelled through Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa to end up at our final destination of Johannesburg. So whats been happening….. I think it’s worth flying through our time in Zambia which more a transit on the way to Zimbabwe than anything else. Although we did stockpile on fuel and food as the instability in Zim meant that they were both in intense demand and we were avoiding major cities. So with our 5,000 kg of mince and 88,000 litres of alcohol we headed ... read more

Dicen las malas lenguas que Johannesburgo es la ciudad en donde mas crimen existe en el mundo...y no lo dudo ni tantito. De las 12 personas que conoci en el transcurso de dos dias, 4 de ellas fueron asaltadas en dos eventos distintos. Los primeros en ser asaltados fueron un par de coreanos que fueron al centro de la ciudad con camara en cuello y mapa en mano (muy obvios)....y pues fueron presa facil para los ladrones, el otro asalto fue a dos amigas que iban saliendo de un restaurante en una zona nice de la ciudad, les salio un cuate de una zona obscurita y "matanga dijo la changa"...les quitaron reloj, cartera, bolsa y su sonrisa...pero bueno, ya mas adelante volvieron a sonreir. ACERCA DE JO'BERG Johannesburgo o Jo'berg, como le llaman los locales, es ... read more

We arrived in SA just fine--I whizzed through passport control on my SA passport, while Ross and Owen took 45 minutes to get through the "other passports" line. We zoomed over to the domestic terminal and asked about getting on an earlier flight to Joburg. After waiting and waiting for them to board all scheduled passengers, we were sad to hear that we wouldn't be on the flight after all. Exhausted does not begin to describe how we were feeling! So, back past security and into the 1Time line again we went. About this time, we discovered that a belt in the baggage-moving system had broken, and consequently, EVERY check-in desk was at a standstill. No flights were leaving, because they wanted bags to go with the passengers, and bags were not leaving the check-in area. ... read more

Greetings all! Unfortunately my time in South Africa has come ot an end. What an amazing 12 days it has been. In this post we have: my safari, attacking monkies, Johannesburg crime, and the apartheid museum. Let's get started... Upon my arrival in Johannesburg I was greeted by Patrick, the owner of the hostel I was staying at. That night, we had a couple drinks together and watched cricket until 2 in the morning. I guess you could say that we're pretty much best friends by now... The next morning I was whisked off to Kruger National Park to chase some animals on a three day safari. to be perfectly honest, the safar ididn't quite live up to my expectations. Out of the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo) we only saw two- a ... read more