Sentinel Executive Apartment Hotel Pretoria

... four-hour flight to Johannesburg. It was a smooth, uneventful flight.<br><br>Arrival formalities went very smoothly and quickly too, and Morgen and Joleen Kriedemann were waiting at the passenger arrival point. We talked all the way to their home in the outskirts of Pretoria, getting caught up with news and developments. <br><br>It will be an early night tonight, because we&#8217;ll be leaving at 05:00 tomorrow for the drive south. I&#8217;ve ...

... as an international driver's license, but it's kind of a hassle to apply for it, and to pay the state fees. So this time my honest eyes saved me.. And after I also showed them my business card and told I am only here for a week for a business trip, and it's a company car, and that I never skip red lights usually, they gave me the last serious look, saying "don't skip any more red lights, ok!", and there I was, on the road again! After the ...

Today I was forwarded two stories concerning the high levels of inflation in Zimbabwe. The first article below is courtesy of the BBC news website, and tells of the lack of food available and continuing high costs of living. The second is an abstract from the weekend South Africa paper, The Cape Times, in which a minister from Zimbabwe is called on to answer questions on the crisis his country is in. It makes interesting reading. Apparently, if you are ...

... was then handed a little menu for supper. I chose the selections that were supposed to be better at allowing me to sleep. After we had been in the air for awhile supper was served. I watched a movie while I ate and it was over about 9 PM. I then reclined the seat some, covered up with a blanket and was able to fall asleep.<br><br> It was a little before 1 AM Eastern time, Saturday, when the pilot announced we were descending into the airport for Dakar, Senegal. All of us woke ...

... of Loose VERY SPECIAL GUEST CUD B*ck to the Pl*net Neds Atomic Dustbin St*ge 2 Open Mic D*isy Sweet He*rts LATIN AMERICAN FIESTA Movimientos Jersey Budd TBC Fionn Reg*n Kid H*rpoon (*c) Joe Driscoll Jim Bob (CUSM) Glen Tilbrook DJ (Huw Stephens) J*ck Pen*te DJ (Bl*ck R*ts) Duke Speci*l DJ (Goldierocks) Fred & Benny S******y 24th June St*ge 1 Open Mic (Shelter) The De*dbe*ts Pe*ce 1 world FILM PLATFORM: Youth Protest Pl*tform with Gemm* Turnelty (NUS), UNISON ...

Apart from a few hours in transit, we never really got to see much of Joburg until the last day and a half when we returned before flying out. We took kind of a Sunday drive approach to exploring the city and made our way accross town in no particular hurry checking out some of the different neighborhoods along the way. One of the places we had been looking forwards to going for the whole trip was the Carnivore restaurant ...

... pretty much organised touring, which took the guess work out of all travel arrangements and meant there were no hair-raising adventures with crazy taxi drivers or the like. There was nothing to do but enjoy your surroundings and be pestered by your dummer than dum fellow tourists who have no brain or awareness of other cultures between them. Fortunately we only met 3 such people traveling together, who amazed us with questions such as ...

Getting ready for my trip into Kruger Park for 5 days. I phoned the Spur Wing people and confirmed that the tour people will be picking me up at 6:30. I was able to buy, for quite a reasonable rate, a 2 Gig memory card for the camera. This will let me not only take still photos but also movie clips when I am on my safari tour.

... whenever we went in again. I played one last game for the mightiest soccer team in the world - The Remains of Africa ( which in itself is a great story,but for another time) - with pete diligenlty taking photo's on the side between frequent chunder breaks! Also had a little bit of a paintball war to spend a little time with friends and brother before going - I find there is nothing quite like a paintball to the ...

... by Nicole, Lindsey, and Graham, a Canadian who had just finished a solo cycling trip across South Africa (respect!). The evening wore on and things started to liven up. A lot. Drinking card-games were begun, a load more people turned up including the Canadian twins who had just travelled the entire length of Africa, a couple of English guys and a girl, and Hein complete with a load of takeaway food (hunger solved!), and shots of a very dubious and potent nature started doing ...