Don Wanders
Travel Blogs from Johannesburg
Africa Time begins
... if he only made 2. The purists will whine but we had fun & both games went to the last over. It was also rather a post colonial experience as most of the real locals don't really get it but there were plenty of Asians who did. Eat your heart out compared to England - this cost us GBP6 each. A drink in the Wanderers Club afterwards & the guest house sent a cab to pick us up (thanks to Serena for the African sim card). Not quite your ...
The Joburg Weekend
... suburbs. We got in to downtown as the sun was setting and popped in to the Biosphere Cinema: a fabulous independent cinema run by Russell and Darryl. Steve quickly intro’d me to Darryl who had, literally five minutes before, downloaded the online version of the SIFF free guide and was looking through what we had played at the Festival. He gave me a quick tour of the theater space and we sat shared beers for the next hour chatting about cinema and the South African film ...
ALL the WHYs, IFs, MAYBEs...and THANK_YOUs
... trip...it took us lots of questions and conversations with our fellow travellers (all of whom - unlike us - were far from novices: some lived in Africa before, others travelled through it extensively) to narrow down the potential destinations...unfortunately, the two countries that seem the most interesting are relatively far from each other, and it won't be feasible to combine ...
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself
... relatively unsafe) the "nicer" side of the city and the "uglier" side.
Then, we went to the Nelson Mandela Square. We had a drink and admired Nelson Mandela's huge statue, standing in the middle of the square. When we were finished, our driver brought us back to the hotel and, seeing as we were so exhausted, we watched TV and then had dinner. After dinner, we had the surprise of hearing we had a 5am pick-up the next morning (not ...
"Thank you for visiting my office"
... to 20kg!!! We had a couple of sandwiches and generally passed the time until we could board. We were given seats across the aisle from each other (which made me wonder why I'd bothered going online to choose seats next to each other when it clearly made no difference!) We phoned Martin & Rhiannon and then boarded our plane for the 11 hour flight to Johannesburg.
Sunday 14th August
The flight passed uneventfully with a bit of reading, a bit of watching ...
Location
Other places to stay in Johannesburg
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Hyatt Regency Johannesburg
191 Oxford Road, Johannesburg | 5 star hotelfrom $240 -
Courtyard Eastgate
Zulberg Close, off Ernest Oppenheimer Road, Johannesburg | 4 star hotelfrom $115 -
Garden Court Milpark
Cnr Empire and Owl Streets, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $124 -
Sunnyside Park Hotel
Prince of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $106 -
The Westcliff by Orient-Express
67 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg | 5 star hotelfrom $259 -
City Lodge Sandton Katherine Street
Cnr Katherine Str & Grayston Dr, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $129 -
African Pride Melrose Arch
1 Melrose Square, Johannesburg | 5 star hotelfrom $214 -
Mercure Johannesburg Midrand
Old Pretoria Road Box 7853 Halfway house, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $60 -
Garden Court Eastgate
Ernest Oppenheimer Avenue, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $129 -
Southern Sun Gold Reef City Hotel
Shaft 14 Northern Parkway, 2159, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $160 -
Garden Court Morningside
Cnr Rivonia Road & Cullinan Close, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $142 -
Shumba Valley Lodge
Plot 37 Pelindaba Rd R511, 1748 Krugersdorp, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $69 -
Westpoint Executive Suites
Cnr West Road South & Grayston Drive, Johannesburg | Hotelfrom $129 -
Don Eastgate
220 Queen Street, Johannesburg | Hotel -
Roodepoort Days Inn
Corner 14th Ave. and Hendrik Potgieter St, Johannesburg | 2 star hotelfrom $74 -
Fabz Estate Hotel
Cnr Concourse Crescent and Alliway Street, Johannesburg | 3 star hotelfrom $101 -
Faircity Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments
Corner Marshall & Ferreira Street, Johannesburg | 4 star hotelfrom $84 -
Saxon Boutique Hotel, Villas and Spa
36 Saxon Road, Johannesburg | 5 star hotelfrom $540 -
Premiere Classe Suite Hotel
62 Corlett Drive, Johannesburg | Hotelfrom $91 -
Gold Reef City Casino Hotel
Ormonde, 2091, Johannesburg | Hotel -
Holiday Inn Freedom Square
Walter Sisulu Square, Johannesburg | Hotel -
Holiday Inn Garden Court International Airport
2 Hulley Road, Isando Ext. 3, Kempton Park, 1619, Johannesburg | Hotel -
Faircity Quatermain Hotel
60 West Road South, Morningside, Johannesburg | Hotelfrom $120 -
Protea Hotel Transit
Terminal A, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg | Hotel -
Faircity Falstaff Hotel
223 Rivonia Road, Johannesburg | Hotelfrom $102 -
Aloe Ridge Hotel & Game Reserve
PO Box 3040, Honeydew, Johannesburg | Hotel
