Lourie Lodge Sandton
56 Mulbarton Road Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
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Jolly in Joburg
We finally arrive in Johannesburg after a long bus journey via Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, where we stayed overnight. We had hoped to get an onward to Nelspruit but there are none so we have to stay in Johannesburg at a place called Diamond Digger Backpackers, a nice place but ...
Dutch Wonderland
... However, what we discovered was another example of the disorganization of this Cup. The gates to the stadium were not yet opened so a mass of people gathered at the gates and were starting to become a little restless. They did finally open the gates to a mad rush of people trying to all get in at once. I wish I could report that stadium security was getting better but then I would be lying. Again there was no search of my ...
Bafana Bafana & how to kill an atmosphere
Right, so the world cup is here & I'm sat doing blog entry number one after surviving 4 days in Joburg. Initial thoughts are that you don't have to know anything about football, or have even been to a game to be at this world cup. If you know sweet **** all you often get interviewed too for good measure. Dressing up like a ******** is also preferred. The locals are good as gold on the whole & everyone hates the Argies and their fat cheating **** of a manager. Personally the ...
42 Stunden sind ein Tag
... schnellerer Schlange zu lotsen, meinte, dass wir mit unserem 16:35 Flug noch Zeit hätten. 10 Minuten später standen wir dann auch in der "schnelleren" Schlange. Mit dem Effekt, dass wir dort weitere 30 Minuten standen und das Gate zu war als wir dort ankamen. Unser Gepäck war aus dem Flieger raus, der startete in 10 Minuten und wir durften nicht mit... Toll, weitere 4 Stunden haben wir auf den nächsten Flieger gewartet!! In der Zeit noch 20 Minuten in einer Burger King ...
Aobakwe
... small boy about three years old. We learned that his name is Aobakwe. This family of 7 children (four of which live in this house) lost both parents, we believe, to AIDS. Aobakwe, in fact, lost his mother, his aunt and his 6 month old sister just this past July. His Uncle is his guardian but never resides at the house with the children. His Uncle has a girlfriend with a drinking problem and she typically comes to the house just to collect ...



