Melville Johannesburg

Johannesburg , Gauteng, South Africa
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    The View From Here

    ... --and indeed all of the Msimang children, active in development, politically avowed and articulate--are the hard-working, ambitious future of South Africa, and are already turning the country, the city, into one of the great places to be in the world. ...

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    Johannesburg and Landrovers

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    ... so there is not much to do, but at least it is safe to stroll around. According to the French guidebook Petite Futé Johannesburg is so dangerous that you get the feeling there is no idea to even leave your hotel. For once Lonely Planet that usually ...

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    Soweto

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    ... good idea to leave Melville about 6:00 am to give us enough time to reach Boksburg, where the lodge is located. Traffic in Johannesburg in the morning and evening rush hours is very slow. After a quick consultation we decided to stay at the Fly Inn ...

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    New City, new car and ready for the off!

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    Greetings all from sunny South Africa, Sorry it has taken us so long to write our first entry but life has been a little hectic and, up until now, there has been very little to report. We flew into Jo'burg and spent the first few days in a great ...

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    Into Africa

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    ... in the tourist industry. In addition to the Apartheid Museum, which we also visited this week, Constitution Hill, the site of South Africa's highest court, emphasizes the idea that Jo'burg is a unique historical destination. Built on the site of an ...

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    Central Business District

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    ... . We decided to take a public bus into central Johannesburg - the Central Business District or CBD. According to the Lonely Planet guide to South Africa, you could get an open-topped hop-on hop-off City Slicker bus that would allow you to tour the city, ...

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    Melville House, Melville

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    ... at how nice this part of Johannesburg was  -  with not a mugger in sight. (We had carefully read about crime in Johannesburg and were usually overly alert.)   Our room was now ready but much to our surprise it would not do at ...

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    Joburg Burbs

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    ... few days that we have been here we have taken NO pictures, visited NO sights, and gone on NO tours!  Johannesburg and most likely South Africa as a whole is a first world nation – with first world prices.  We  received a price shock ...

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    Still The One I Run Away From, This City

    ... time either, even though my main destination both times was Cape Town. And I still do not like Johannesburg. To get the cheapest airfare to South Africa from North America, which usually costs close to $2,000.00, I figured out a thrifty, but complex ...

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    Johannesburg - 7th street

    I stayed at the Melville Manor Guest House (MMGH), very close to 7th street, a fashionable district in Jo-berg.  Upon my arrival, I had expected something much more upscale and was surprised to find that the area was not flashy.  No worries I ...