Mutsago
Travel Blogs from Pretoria
More thoughts on life
... to get up and walk in your summer clothes for at least two hours in the grounds of the Union Buildings. The colour of the Jacaranda trees has been spectacular. Every morning and evening the grounds are a popular location with the local people working on their fitness. The other thing that I should mention is that with the hot temperatures come the frequent late afternoon thunderstorms - some of them are more spectacular than others. As I write this there ...
Anything to tell?
... machen kann. Das ist hier auch schon so eine Art Sportart: Wer bringt die beste Glut zustande und grillt am besten? Aber zuvor sollten wir eine 8km lange Tour auf einen Berg der Magaliesberg-Kette meistern. Wandern ist hier eher mit Bergsteigen als mit unserer europäischen Vorstellung von Laufen zu vergleichen. Es geht ziemlich steil bergauf und man klettert ständig über Steine und meterhohe Leitern, die einem auf dem Weg begegnen und dazu ...
Our Day Trip to Jo-burg
Well our plans haven't been going that well and although it was nice to have some down time at OP, things just haven’t been going our way. Our card to get internet has been cancelled, we got evicted from our living room floor by the girl who manages the house lol (apparently she was ****** haha, gotta love beating the system) and a lot of other things have been going wrong (like the rugby game that we stayed to watch ...
Welcome to America!
... a few hundred kilometers to the north.
Manuel went to get checked up in a local hospital because he had some problems with his stomach (remember the gas accident in the minibus to Vic Falls?). It finally turned out that he apparently simply has a weak stomach that can't always deal with the food we ate in Africa, but there is nothing major wrong with him so this was some kind of relief. Or probably his ...
An African Adventure - Part 3!
... work that the Centre does to promote the Microfinance Revolution popularized by Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank. The Centre works toward its vision of building “inclusive financial markets against poverty” through education, research, and dissemination of information. I had the opportunity to spend a few days at the Centre and the privilege to speak with a number of their staff members. ...
Location
Other places to stay in Pretoria
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Casta Diva
67 Albatros Street, Pretoria | 4 star hotelfrom $139 -
That's It Guest Home
5 Brecher Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Birdwood Guest House
976 Arcadia Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
FernIvy Guest House
793 Merton Avenue, Pretoria | Hotel -
Coral Tree Inn
69 Korannaberg Avenue, Pretoria | Hotelfrom $102 -
Rozenhof Guest House
525 Alexander St, Pretoria | Hotel -
Crane's Nest Guesthouse Boshoff Street
212 Boshoff Street, Pretoria | 4 star hotelfrom $116 -
Purple Olive Guest House
68 Ray Street, Pretoria | Hotelfrom $25 -
Royal Ridge Guest House
269 Polaris Ave, Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria | Hotel -
Kareebloem Guesthouse
179 Marais Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Willows Guest House
29 Beuke Ooord, Pretoria | Hotel -
Amper Bo Guest House
40 Malan Street, Pretoria | Hotelfrom $57 -
Delectus Manor
Dr Van der Merwe Drive, Pretoria | Hotel -
Aanmani Rose Guesthouse
55 Nicolson Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
The Waterhouse Guesthouse
439 Stonewall Road , Pretoria | Hotel -
Pandora Guest House
103 Frans Oeder Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Aandbloem Guest House
44 Janet Avenue, Pretoria | Hotelfrom $114 -
Des Amis Guest House
331 Orient Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Fashoda Lodge
405 Victoria Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Oorkant-Loftus Gastehuis
439 Kirkness Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Park Gables Guest House
784 Park Street, Pretoria | Hotelfrom $58 -
Bond Street Guest House
19 Bond Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
Roy's Lodge
PO Box 567, Pretoria | Hotel -
Eagle'S Rest B&B Guest House
10 Mercia Street, Pretoria | Hotel -
La Rochelle
28 Plough Avenue, Pretoria | Hotel -
Nyathi Guest House
493 Sappers Contour, Pretoria | Hotel