Mercure Inn Joburg Midrand 2m Johannesburg

... African people. We also were able to try some pretty unique foods, particularly mapawni worms, which I had heard much about, and crocodile. The mapawni worms were dried and pretty salty. I had talked the big talk about how I would certainly try one if the opportunity arose, so as soon as Gabbi heard the word, she basically shoved me into the basket of worms, and I had no choice but to hold out my hand. It was fine; I survived.<br><br>We then went to the Cradle ...

... of South Africa. Spotlights are called &#8220;robots&#8221; because when people first saw them they thought they were just that. Were were all surprised to see as many cars as we did (40% of people own a car). Some of them were really nice! BMWs drove by every so often and Aleena said they represent every &#8220;Black Man&#8217;s Wish&#8221; and tantalize gawkers to be robbers by shouting out &#8220;Be My Wife!&#8221;; or &#8220;Break My Window!&#8221; We were also able to ...

... Alan got up with all the willingness to go out and do something but made it as far as the bar and ordered pizza take away instead. To go anywhere you need a driver or a reputable taxi driver to bring you there. This is expensive and then you have to do the same coming back so we just weren't bothered in the end. We spent the afternoon playing darts and pool. That evening, after dinner, it was time for Alan to go through with a promise that he had made to me a few weeks ago. The ...

... released by the police or by the courts. I learned the recent story of a young white woman from church who at a stoplight challenged a black driver driving in and very unsafe way. Two big men in the car got out and slapped her several times until she fell to the ground. Her father has tried to press charges, but the two big men have countercharged that she attacked them physically and that they were only defending themselves. The case will ...

... we have known, but have not seen over the years. Tony and Brenda Levy, the Jimmy and Pam Nicolau, Winnie Ross, Steve and Liz Serfontain, Richard and Linda Moore. They had a kind of buffet-style meal and we spent an enjoyable evening talking and socializing. Lots of questions about the Church and what we were doing in the USA. Also, about what was going ...

... on the Vaal dam, and the subsequent week in their beautiful home in Joburg where we wanted for nothing. We did a tour of Soweto which was incredibly eye opening and a bit anxiety-creating for me - being Australians it never occurred to us to take money with for tipping and buying curios - so we disappointed many a local. Anyway, Joburg and the Thals were a really really wonderful way to start (Thank you ...

... so far execpt my bag broke so I have to carry it everywhere! Just listening to some weird airoplane music now and waiting for food. So now we are flying to Port Elizabeth. Had a dodgy experience at Jo-Burg airport but apart from that, ok. Met Jayd in the queue, she seems nice- also had a dodgy experience! Flying over Jo-Burg was really nice- you can see how much space there is here. Looking forward to touching down and getting to African Dawn.

... Joburg for another couple of days and went to Soweto Township too. There are various pictures up on ringo, I'll try and write what most of them are of if I have time. It was all very interesting and a bit of an insight into how people around there live.<br><br><br><br> On Monday I went on my safari and had a really good four days. There was a nice group of people and the place where we camped ...

... i'm sure they didn't mind being with 10 guys THAT much... The next day, we had planned to hire motorbikes and ride across the island to the north western end, and see what lay install for us there, Dani and Kate (the 2 girls) opted to come with - this i must say was a show of extreme bravery, as i would never get on the back of a motorbike with some random bloke, who i had only met the night before, and who had just BOUGHT his license from a local chap at the bike ...

I arrived in JoBurg at noon. My flight to Luanda didn't leave 'till the following day. So I had a whole day more to relax. But initially things were a little stressfull in JoBurg cause only brought $120 spending cash and checked all my credit card with my luggage. It was barely enough to stay in a hotel and pay for a cab ride to and from the airport with out eating a meal. I told the cabbie of my dilemma and he had a solution. He made a ...