Bay Tree Guest House Pretoria
489 Roper Street Pretoria, Gauteng, 0181, South Africa
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We moved to South Africa in November 2011 and I have gone to heaven. This country is so beautiful and there is so much to see.
Our back yard is an animal reserve so we just sit on the back porch and watch the animal show every night. ...
The Battle Between Mind and Mouth
... with a laugh, “Nobody wants to leave, will you please come back and work with us again?”
And then my mouth is off making another promise to return and my brain is screaming, furious with my mouth for agreeing to something so stressful until my heart steps in to override them both because only it knows how much I loved every minute of the process and then the reward.
“You know,” I say, “I would love to.”
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Why I think the world is round, and other musings.
... As far as I can tell, if you happen to be a victim of crime here, it's either because you've been incredibly unlucky or because you're a complete cretin. In the month that I've been here I've only heard of one tourist related incident. One England fan in Rustenberg was relieved of his wallet and match ticket at knifepoint, but then he was walking about the town at night. On his own. Like I said, cretin.
Although one thing that is worth mentioning is the ...
Return to South Africa - The Fertile Land
... were carrying a priceless cargo, ..but more about that later.
First I want to regal you with stories about my land, my country, my home. It has beauty beyond belief as well as an ugly underbelly that is blatantly obvious in both the scorching day light and the threatening nights. There is poverty on the streets, which is sad, but some of those less fortunate than us have used their initiative and are trying new angles. For example, quite often you will find a whole troupe ...
Roar!
... in and there were five cubs all snoozing on each other, midday siesta and all! SO we take some photos and stroke them, its so amazing, cant believe i'm actually stroking a lion! We can only stay for five minutes, so we then go and look at the meerkat hole but don't see any! We wander over to the giraffe feeding area, there a wooden stand where you can stand and feed them head height plus pellets on sale to give them! But no sign of them! There should be two Purdy and Gambit! ...

