Colbyn Guest Lodge Pretoria

... all know about my work background so I could lineup an escape if the work gets too much! <br><br>I have barely had time to be mentored this week as I have been sorting out passwords, signing off documents, getting my insurance/health/cards/car/satellite/in t**net/food shopping/cleaning/collecting air freight.. as if that wasnt enough I was invited for a glass of wine aft** my first day before been driven to a dinn** party in a posh suburb wh**e I met more people from the ...

In a place where so many struggles have taken place, where people have fought for human rights, the reign of terror continues. In the less prvialeged areas of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the townships, and the economic down town slums, people are being killed for their race. The crimimals who are busy raiding shops 'owned by foreigners', burning people alive, shooting, stabbing and beating are doing so in the name of ...

... get in and out of than the Mercedes Benz. Jim drove it from the Avis office to the Irene Country Lodge with me carefully watching his every move. Once there Jim gave me the key so I could practice in the parking lot. I found getting into the driver's side was different from getting in on the passenger's side. With the steering wheel positioned the way it was (I never found any way of adjusting it) I had to put one foot in the car and then carefully slide in sideways. I had ...

... knocking. Aaron: Do you wanna grab some chips (fries) from this vendor quick?" Brainless Phil: "Can I say yes? Besides, we won't get to eat until we get to South Africa so .... We better eat something now. Gary (I don't know his real name), the chip man, seemed to be selling a clean and healthy product. We grabbed the chips, which were in take away bags, and rushed back to the lodge to shower and pack. Getting Clean, packed, and ready to leave on a jet plane took ...

... began to talk to them as though it was the most normal act in the world. In fact, he pulled it off so smoothly that I didn't even realize initially how absurd it was. He spoke in a loud, but firm voice: "Its ok mother, we don't want to hurt you, we just want to look at you". And then, "No! stop where you are. We just want to look and take pictures. It wrapped it up convincingly by reassuring one of the newborns, "Its ok little one, don't be scared, we just want to ...

... T hey are good for baking mince pies. They are soft and mobile and can wipe away tears. I love my little fingers. So in short - I don't want to loose one of them. Scalpel time. 'So, tell me about your PhD?' The doctor was clearly stalling for time. I tried to reassure him that I was fine with needles. So the fact that he was holding up two and aiming them at either side of my littlest finger of them all was something I was rather interested in ...

... back and the attitude is that it will happen (just maybe not when it was planned!) When the other truck arrived, we filled it will $30,000 RAND worth of groceries as well we had a freezer truck, and two other trucks in our convoy. On top of the groceries we had a fridge and freezer in the trucks. All the volunteers loaded in with Gail, another staff and several other men to help with the heavier lifting. We arrived at a high school in Soweto, that was massive in size, but ...

... any potential perpetrators had failed to notice me there. After about 10 minutes, when no-one had tried to either take the car or murder me I relaxed a little and then watched with relief as the large crowd from a nearby cricket-ground began to spill into the street, providing me with a modicum of safety by their mere presence and sheer numbers. The city itself (well the 'well-to-do' area that I'm staying in anyway) is incredibly beautiful at this ...

... schien die Sonne und so machten die Ausfluege doppelt Spaß. In Plettenberg Bay besuchte ich einen Elefantenpark, wo ich mit den Dickhaeutern spazieren ging. Genau wie in freier Wildbahn umschloss das sueße Dickerchen meine Hand mit seinem Ruessel, die in dem Moment als Schwanz fungierte &#61514; Ich duerfte ihn anfassen, streicheln und fuettern. Und da der Elefant mein Lieblingstier ist, war diese Erfahrung eine ganz Besondere fuer mich. Ich konnte diesen netten Kuestenort nicht ...

... our trip to Pretoria. We headed out and when we got there it was much more of a hostel atmosphere. We were assigned a garden shed, literally!! We were very happy with this cos we were used to 5 star Asian hotels and it was so cool to just stay in a shed in the middle of South Africa. It was a little unreal. Also staying with us was a battalion of squadies from England and I swear to god it was like dropping into Ibiza. All you could see was fat, pasty, tattooed, ****ed ...