Colony Hotel Sandton

130 Daisy Street, Johannesburg, 2196, Sandown Sandton, Gauteng, 2196, South Africa

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"Soweto? What the f**k are you doing in Soweto?!"

A travel blog entry by afrikanskies

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... Peace Prize winners.

Our couple of days in Soweto had been one of the highlights of our entire trip and helped to disprove so many stereotypes and misconceptions we had harboured. Memories of the fantastic, warm receptions we received from everyone we met will stay with us for a long time. We finished up our time in the township by donating some footballs to Lebo’s community after-school care project. With the help of the local council he managed to transform ...

A week with a con artist...

A travel blog entry by s.l.taylor

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... he'd been during my first stint in Cape Town, I decided to help him out; not in the form of handing out cash, but buying drinks when we were out, giving him cigarettes and covering him when we bought food.

However, this soon got a bit tiring, especially when he simply started helping himself to my cigarettes, sitting around while me and Paddy prepared his lunch, and basically not saying thank you anymore. I think Paddy caught on that this was ...

Go USA!

A travel blog entry by krislawt

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... ends the adventure for the night. I expect the others to sleep for another 3 hours which is fine - enjoying the lazy sunday sitting outside reading. Its a little chillier today bc of the wind but perfect in the sun. There are a ton of kids in the field next to us playing which is fun to watch!

We have the mexico argentina game tonight and I've already talked to the manager here and we are all signed up for the hostel shuttle that will take us to the stadium and ...

Bafana Bafana & how to kill an atmosphere

A travel blog entry by alwill1

... customs in under an hour (my bag turned up too, always a bonus), i walked into two thousand locals just generally hanging around. Bizarre to say the least.

Anyway, the hotel was fairly plush, the downside being the party of Argies who took a ******* age to check in; speaking no English often helps you ignorant, arrogant, thick *****. After we had checked i we had a kip & went for dinner, a rib house over the road with an all you can eat buffet for 55 rand (about 5 quid) ...

Let's examine the figures

A travel blog entry by keironb

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... Train
Subway
Bus
Mini Bus
Airplane
Speedboat
River Ferry
River Taxi
Amazonian paddle boat

1 miracle… We still love each other

1 home… South Africa

We are so happy to be home, ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Colony Sandton