Blogs from South Africa, Africa - page 649

Heute morgen um 7.00 mussten wir bereits beim Fruestueck sein! Geschlafen habe ich nicht schlecht, obwohl es saukalt im Zimmer war. Somit musste ich schon diese Nacht meinen Schlafsack auspacken....brrrrr Beim Fruehstueck traf ich auf meine Reisegruppe, welche mich die naechsten 3 Wochen begleiten wird. Wir sind tatsaechlich nur zu 6! Ab Windhoek sogar nur noch zu 5. 4 Personen (Robert, Vitesh, Jessica und Stefanie) kommen aus England, 1 Person (Wolfgang) kommt aus Deutschland. Sind eine super truppe im Alter von 19 bis ca. 52. Nach den Formalitaeten etc. ging es auch schon los richtung Hout Bay welches am Kap liegt. Es ist wirklich eine wunderschoene Strecke und Kapstadt gefiel mir immer besser. In Hout Bay konnten wir am Strand spazieren und den Hafen besichtigen. Nach einer Stunde ging es auch schon wieder weiter Richtung Kap ... read more

Hallo zusammen Netterweise hat mich der Administrator dieser Seite darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass ich also in allen Sprachen mein Tagebuch schreiben kann... wirklich seeeeehr nett! Am Montag bin ich gut agbgeflogen nach den ich doch noch ein bisschen in den Stress kam, da ich ja unbedingt mein Gottechind welches am Sonntag auf die Welt kam noch besuchen wollte. Joelle Angelina ist also das suesseste Baby welches ich je gesehen habe! Der Flug nach Frankfurt war kurz und ok. In Frankfurt hatte ich genuegend Zeit um umzusteigen da auch mein Anschlussflug verspaetung hatte. Der Flug nach Johannesburg war mir sehr schnell vorgekommen. Die South African Airline ist wirklich super! Sehr freundlich und auch der Airbus A340 ist sehr komfortabel, hat sogar jeder einen eigenen Fernseher, und mann kann die Landung und den Start life mitverfolgen, da eine ... read more

So it has been about a week. But I guess that I have been really busy without even realizing it. Last week a security guard strike ended. These security guards guarded some type of copper wire buried in the ground. I am not sure of the purpose of this wire but I believe it was for some type of utility. Copper can be sold for good money and people apparently steal it regularly. But anyway while this union was on strike for three months 25 security guards died. When a union goes on strike in this country you don’t make money unless you work and if you go to work during the strike than you are risking death because the people that are refusing to work will kill you. But it is not all of the ... read more

After another brief sojourn in Durban to drop the car off, we've headed north up the Dolphin Coast. The northern suburbs of Durban make it very obvious to where the former residents of the city have escaped, before the secenery changes to sugar cane and more sugar cane for the next 3 hours. We are now temporary residents of St Lucia - not the island in the West Indies but the town in north east Natal, as even the super efficient Baz Bus doesn't travel that far in 3 hours. However as we 'd only met one other French person in 8 weeks and this place is jumping with them, it makes you wonder if some sneaky Paris travel agent is pulling the wool over the eyes of a few unsuspecting punters. St Lucia is a ... read more

6/19/06 Today I was listening to the news on the radio. This morning they mentioned that 22 had died in traffic accidents in the last 24 hours. I am sad to say that it is a regular occurrence to hear of a large number of people dying. This evening they were interviewing a gentleman and asking him if he thought that traffic related deaths are too high. He said, "Yes, most definitely." He also stated that South African is the highest in traffic related deaths in the world, they have 46 in 100,000 deaths per year in comparison with other developed countries which have 4-7 per 100,000. Why is this so? Well there are a few reasons. One thing is that 50% of the traffic licenses in this country are obtained by fraud. Another is ... read more