Hi, how you doing ? welcome to the grand tour of South Africa as undertaken by mar and mrstraveller. So how do we (a pair of old wrinklies) plan the holiday of a lifetime ? Yes we've done South Africa before, yes we've got inside information, we have family living there ! But we need more than that, we need specialised knowledge, we need local opinions, we need to see the not so touristy parts of ZA ! So it begins, if you want to do something way beyond your knowledge, where do you start ? THE INTERNET !!!! So where on the net ? And then you get a great bit of advice, try 'Thorntree@lonelyplanet.com' So whats thorntree ? It's an 'as is' forum, you ask a question, and someone with either local knowledge or
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