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South African adventure begins.
Greetings from South Africa!
I have now been here for 2 full days, and this is the first day I feel re-energized and can properly compose a letter. Lets back it up a bit, ok the flight… 16 hours of getting up and down, and oh yes, restless leg syndrome was my best friend! However, I sat next to a lovely South African women. Ok, moving right along on 2 days of no sleep, but ...
Zamykamy petle
... inny parking to minela nastepna godzina. Najgorsze w tym to to ze z nami czekali dwaj goscie co przygarnąć nas mieli w ta noc w Joburgu (byli to kolesie zapoznani na portalu couchsurfing). Okazali sie byc jednak bardzo cierpliwymi i wyrozumialy goscmi. Poniewaz tego dnia bylo juz za pozno na jakiekolwiek atrakcje to pojechalismy do domu jednego z nich ...
Animals everywhere
... and we have to dance too. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Not sure when I'll be able to update this blog now. We're not sure if we'll get onto the plane to Phuket if Emirates are up to their usual late form, as we only have an hour and a half between flights. No showers tonight in the village, so we will be pretty grubby by the time we arrive in Phuket, especially if we have to sleep at Bangkok airport if we miss our flight. ...
Opening ceremony, power cut, lions!!!!
... quiet and just walked around without bothering.....the 2nd bit with white lions was something totally different....
We pulled up at the gate and there were around 10 lion waiting for people to come in. As we went through the gate one of the lion just stood in front of our car just looking at us and not moving...one of the guards told us to just go forward..I didn't fancy actually running a lion over, although it would be a great claim to fame ...
Chaos
With a free day before the games start we decided to venture into the heart of Joburg, to get a feel for the city and find the best route to the stadiums. Well that was our intentions at least. We started of with basic directions provided by the hote as well as the most basic of maps. And by "most basic of maps" I mean it had the equivalent of I95 and 695 as the only marked roads. We quickly learned that streets and exits are unmarked and are map ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Swimming pool
- Wheelchair accessibility
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