Indaba Hotel Johannesburg

Sindi told us just before we went to the restaurant for dinner on Tuesday evening that Mduduzi was coming back to Hlane the following morning early. So on that Wednesday morning we waited to see if he would appear before we left Hlane. Sorry to say that we had to leave without saying goodbye to him as we had a long journey ahead of us back to Johannesburg.<br><br>We left Hlane and drove through Swaziland ...

... intense speed walking competition.<br><br>The next morning we had to be up at 6 to get to the airport, and Tim had to be up at 6 to go to work. We stumbled bleary eyed downstairs, and, for the amount of fun we had had the night before, Tim was unbelievably energetic and already making coffee. We sadly said goodbye to him and headed to the airport to catch our flight to Zambia. Luckily, despite our hangovers, we managed to not get lost and ...

... ahead of my schedule. The border is a breeze, changing pulas into rand no sweat and they used my old South Africa visa, so no page wasted in the passport. I&#8217;m on a roll. Hopefully we&#8217;ll get to Jo&#8217;burg early in the morning while the muggers are still in church (it&#8217;s Sunday). The passenger in the front seat has African hiphop playing over&#8230; and over&#8230; and over, till I feel like my head is about to pop. When we ...

... right out. We visited a small shanty town and got an escorted tour where we met some locals, in particular a women who was basically living in a shack with 3 kids. She talked to us a bit about how life was in these shanty towns then invited any questions. When we were finished our guide told us it was customary to give some money which we all did. After that we drove around looking at various points of interest before finally ending up at Nelson Mandela's house which is now ...

... contre 30 000 en 3 ans grace a la techniques de la terre brulee associe a une idee toute nouvelle celle de la creation de camp de concentration pour les femmes et enfants (Boers). Et oui, les anglais ont crees les camp de concentration il y a un siecle. Le musee etraient tres riches en photo et en reconstitution.<br>

Our next stop was South Africa's judicial capital with its business based on that fact. Many law offices and those of big companies are located here. We sent our time staying at a great B&amp;B and visiting the Oliewenhuis Art Museum for a late meal in the garden and next a visit to the Anglo-Boer War Museum. Both were very interesting and we learned a great deal about the history of South Africa during the 1890's.

Continued from previous entry... We decided not to stay in Bloemfontein but continue all the way back to Klerksdorp so we simply drove through the city before heading north to Kroonstad. It was a very long drive but as both of us wanted to have a nice relaxed weekend with Leon it was a lot nicer getting there late Friday night than having to spend half of Saturday driving, especially as there was rugby on.

... ich tu was für meine Gesundheit und nebenbei kann man ja mit den Mädelz schnacken.... Naja... Und weil es ein Circle-Training ist, kann jeder kommen und gehen wie er will, nach einer halben Stunde kommt die nächste. Irgendwie ist jeder mit seinen Übungen an den Geräten beschäftigt. Bringt auch nicht den geplanten sozialen "Erfolg". Isses denn die Möglichkeit? Nüschts geht .... und dann.... Am 19. Januar stolpere ich im Internet über ein Meetup am 20.Januar ...

... and it filled the gaps in my knowledge about it all. We also went to Soweto, a township which still exists. This felt uncomfortable to be honest, and I wouldn't do it again. Still it was interesting to see the segregation and inequality that still exists. We also saw the places where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu lived- the only street in the world that once had two Nobel peace prize winners living on it. We saw the World Cup stadium too. Yeah- it was a big ...

... you your purpose and length of stay in the county. Many see that we are Peace Corps volunteers living in boring Lesotho and give us the 3 month pass so we do not have to be issued 50 7-day passes throughout our service. Blah, blah, blah. Immigration "LPN" proceeds to take out the manual on South African Immigration Laws and instructs Madeline to read the section on American passport holders. With a crystal clear, and one might say ...