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Johannesburg Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Johannesburg, South Africa
Home sweet home
This is a top pick! ... some of the best wine in the world, has people that are friendly helpful and believe that their little contribution will make South Africa a better place. Which leaves the question how will we make a difference when we return? The first thing I ...
Video Summery of the Southern Africa Odyssey
This is a top pick! What a trip this was, we will never forget our time here in Africa, the people, the land and the wildlife. I completed a short video of some of the highlights of the trip. Just click on the arrow and enjoy! ...
Johannesburg
This is a top pick! ... was great feeling to be in that stadium for a Super Rugby match. Super Rugby is a league that has five teams from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The match was the Lions from South Africa vs. the Chiefs from New Zealand. The next day ...
Back to Jo'burg
This is a top pick! So with great sadness, it was time to depart for the interior. There is something very beautiful about the Cape of South Africa, and it is definitely an area I would like to visit again. Bye Bye Cape Town. Hello ...
Another speech
This is a top pick! ... them interested. That makes at least number six of the year. Not bad for an lowely PhD student me thinks. Anyway, take my advice. Don't drive to Johannesburg if you can help it. It is only for the weary and the nutcases. ...
Everything is gone
This is a top pick! They've stolen everything. Now all that I own is the clothes that I am wearing, a first aid kit, a role of masking tape and a permanent marker. No clothes, no equipment, no camera, no id documents, no toiletries, no towels, no sleeping and camping stuff, ...
Jo'burg bound
This is a top pick! The flight was long, but I had a window seat, nice neighbours and lots of sleep. I couldn't help glancing at the map on my personal TV screen, thinking about all the wonderful places I was flying over. Was it the closest I had been geographically to the ...
Johannesburg, after 5 months and 20 000kms
This is a top pick! ... to find a place to stay for the night and yesterday was no different... except that we had arrived in the biggest city of South Africa!! No idea where we were going to sleep, so we decided that finding something near the airport might be good since we ...
Drama at the airport, Joburg style
This is a top pick! ... Alone - with the other three hundred people wondering what on earth was going on at the front! As the hours rolled by, Johannesburg airport didn't get any better. The international departure area has yet to be renovated, isn't big enough for the number ...
The Apartheid Museum
This is a top pick! ... been subjected to the worst of human behaviour, but has emerged without a civil war, or external interventions. The people of South Africa have achieved an unthinkable life change, and although there are feelings today that not everything is yet in place, ...
Johannesburg
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Jo'burg, South Africa in our entry from Mumbai, India entitled 'Welcome to Bollywood!'. Cheers, K & ...
Johannesburg 101
This is a top pick! ... me an ice-cream cone, which promptly starts to melt as I eat my meal. Nice gesture though, if a little strange. Only in South Africa, I figure. Back on the highway, I retreat back the way I came, utterly defeated by the oppressive traffic and this alien ...
Johannesburg - Final Stop b4 Home!
This is a top pick! ... top of the Sani Pass and through SA border control until we found ourselves in Lesotho, we ate lunch and enjoyed a beer in Africa highest pub, and visited a Basotho village, where we met some of the kids and went inside one families hut and enjoyed some ...
Dirty, Dangerous and Delapidated
This is a top pick! ... rear view mirror. And with that we picked through the streets and headed for the highway to the largest (former) township in South Africa. I was amazed how easily we had emerged into 'civilised air', and how the light poured through the windows as we ...
Gun Swap Shop of South Africa
This is a top pick! ... any problems. I passed some new landmarks for my mind should I ever find myself there again; 1. The Gun Swap Shop of South Africa. (Hmm, I wonder what happens there?) 2. Rosies Bar and Sports Café (a garage with pool tables, both doors open so ...
Peggys' birthday
This is a top pick! ... us while providing lots of good wine in the midst of it all!... Wao, what a night with smiling Peggy, turning 26 in South Africa! Corinne 18 déc L’anniversaire de Peggy Tout a commencé avec deux idées différentes: Roman et Fabyan riant si fort ...
Jo'berg
This is a top pick! ... an Italian restaurant. The waiters and Maitre D are very friendly. The beer from the tap is ... Stella! No thanks. We have our first South African beer. Not bad but hubby is not impressed. We order and they do have the dishes on the menu! The meal is ...
Looking forward to the next trip
This is a top pick! We've had an unwritten "to do" list over the past two days. Buy more sunscreen and last-minute souvenirs, get groceries, cash travellers cheques, buy more US dollars and purchase mosquito spray - found some with 80% DEET!! Somewhere in the middle of ...
Off to Jo'burg
This is a top pick! Early start today, as it was the 600km leg of the journey to Jo'burg. Unfortunately my stomach decided it would be dodgy again, as per the night before.... I needed all the toilet stops possible we we only stopped once, argh. Eventually we reached ...
Jo'burg
This is a top pick! ... the flea / African craft market in Rosedale today, a suburb of Jo'burg. There was a sign up in the market stating 'This is Africa, we bargain' but I was finding it really hard to bargain, felt a bit hard faced about it, I'm just not cut out for the ...
"You MUST not go that way, you WILL be attacked!!
This is a top pick! ... the cities of South Africa is sadly coming to an end, it's time to educate you on the "personal vendors" of South Africa. Personal Vendor: this vendor goes from beyond the more impersonal table-on-the-street to walking alongside the potential customer ...
We are backpackers again
This is a top pick! ... Mall. Back in the hotel, our Californian friends are still in the sofa. Tony asks whether he can have a peep at their 'Africa in a shoe string' book. I go to bed, unfortunately. Because Dr T chats instead of reading, so I miss out on some social ...
Where's the Wardrobe?
After leaving Sydney one hour delayed and sitting on a chilly plane for 14 hours I arrived in Johannesburg. By now, most will know my feelings on travel (airports and planes specifically), but today I hit a new tolerance limit. Twenty-two hours of ...
Home Sweet Home
... : 23600km Hours travelled on bus: 246 hours New bird species seen: 523 Duration of Trip: 101 days We have now been back in South Africa for 5 days and are pleased to say that we are not thinking of hopping on the first plane back to South America. We ...
Stuck
Wow, storms are impressive here. Last night and this morning we had thunder and lightning, and rain that sounded like a pool being upturned for hours on end. I am pretty much in limbo until the credit card thing gets resolved. As far as I can tell, ...
We Love Jozi - Surprised?
... I am sorry to learn that he has not been in the best of health recently. He truly is the father of the modern day South Africa. Although his work is continuing, there is still a long road to absolute freedom. The remainder of the museum ...
Hakumatkan vaikeuksia
No niin, nyt on sitten hakumatkan osalta päästy asiaan. Muutaman päivän kuherruskuukausi Jessen kanssa on ohi ja hakumatkalle tyypilliset vaikeudet ovat alkaneet. Jesse on ensinnäkin alkanut kokeilemaan ja kyseenalaistamaan vanhempien asettamia ...
Jo'burg Hospitality
We have experienced that amazing kindness that is shown by very special people all over the world. Eugene, who we have never met has actually moved out of his house for two days so we can have the run of the place, rest, do laundry and generally hang ...
Spending the night in Johanesburg
... on? Its bloody hot here. lols. I am sweating like a pig, but I am sneezing like crazy. I have to tell you about Johanesburg. Man it is so different to anything I expected... though to tell you the truth, I did not really know what to expect. Its ...