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Travel Blogs from Pretoria
The long awaited reunion
... around taking in sights, stopping at various locations like local craft fairs and having lunch at a farm cottage. The laid back tiki-touring was quite fulfilling, seeing the everyday goings on.
Tracey managed to wrangle Friday off so we all made our way up to Cullinan, as it was known as quite a nice wee town. As we pulled into the town Tracey pointed out a sign for mine tours, which sounded like it was worth a look. The gentleman in the office was just about to start a tour ...
Drivin' around South Africa
Kennt ihr noch das Automodell VW Fox? Nicht? Das koennte daran liegen, dass es vermutlich ...
Girls and lions
... it was closed during all of World Cup. We got a tour of the outside facilities which were very nice. I hope to return to the school to do some more interviews with teachers since I found it is a Dinaledi school. Dinaledi schools are part of a program to boost math and science achievement among students. I am thinking of investigating the Dinaledi program as part of my research here.
After ...
Seeing Spots
... Horseback Africa, they are not subject to feline AIDS which many fear will decimate the lion population throughout Africa. It is unknown why feline AIDS exists, it is spread through sexual contact like human AIDS, but its origins are still a mystery. After we trundled back to T & M's for our now standard cup of tea and a break before going out to dinner -Terry and Marian we anxious for us to have some authentic Africa food - sometimes I think my brother has no ...
First few days here!!!! Tuesday 17th-Friday 20th
... to assume anything. I already been given the heads up around here. I can see why people panic when they arrive, as everyone I have met tells you about the crime as though its an automatic part of the conversation - e.g "how are you, I am fine thanks" -maybe they think we are sitting ducks but all this has been read about before arriving... its all the same stuff - over and over again. Stuck record. Lock doors, Shut windows, Dont count money in the open, dont go to certain ...