De Kuilen Country House
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Africa Time begins
... many chickens, geese & 3 big dogs - cockerels may be an issue.
I am plotting to go to 2 back to back T20 cricket games tomorrow - the Indian premier League seems to be in town ... we'll see.
So we spent the first afternoon at the Eastgate Shopping Mall which turned out to be a good way to tune in to what things cost & what life is like albeit in a pretty safe upmarket environment. We stocked up for the picnic for the ...
The Joburg Weekend
... I was there.
I flew in to O.R. Tambo Airport and grabbed the Gautrain to Rosebank where Steve miraculously called out to me as I was hopping into a cab. Thus began a marvelous odyssey as Steve was a total kick in the pants and unleashed a weekend of 'girls-are-away trouble’ that was just what I needed.
Given my openness to just about anything in exploring a new locale, I informed Steve about my foodie nature and pretty soon we were at a restaurant two blocks ...
ALL the WHYs, IFs, MAYBEs...and THANK_YOUs
... go to - make it Botswana", - I heard this from different well-travelled people before our trip...and I heard it from different people whom we met during the trip - from people who've been to many countries in Africa, on many occasions...so - I am glad we made Botswana part of our first trip to Africa...we stayed there at two different safari lodges (Sandibe and Xaranna) in Okavango ...
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself
... people and we saw many parts of Soweto, such as the *ghetto" and one of the local churches, where there were bullet holes in the ceiling and damaged statues. Afterwards we visited a very interesting museum about the apartheid. We saw many saddening images about children that were misused and mistreated. The time we spent in the museum was very humbling. After visiting the apartheid museum, we walked to Nelson Mandela's house. We saw his ...
"Thank you for visiting my office"
... found some seats and all went well until the ticket inspector pointed out that my Senior Rail Card had expired on 2nd August so I had to pay an extra £17!!! Then when we got to St Pancras I couldn't find Dave's Oyster card that I'd bought for the tube trip to Heathrow. Never mind - we bought an other ticket (and I eventually discovered the Oyster card in my back pack when we were in Johannesburg so we'll use it on the way home!) Also when we got to Heathrow I noticed that ...
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