Sunningdales Hotel Sandton

... can’t shine every day.”

This has been an excellent group to travel with. All were courteous, respectful and considerate of others, looking out for one another when out on tour, participating in lunch chores and singing, and always punctual. We are really going to miss each and every one of them.

We leave the lodge at 9 AM. Yesterday, we booked a transfer to the Livingstone airport in Zambia ...

... 2km of gate lounge. Did you know foundation is a liquid? So is expensive perfume. You can’t take either of these on planes out of Jo’burg as they are both weapons of mass destruction (with a destructive power equal to around 6 billion Hiroshima bombs) unless they are in a clear, snaplock plastic bag (which has the power to contain an explosive blast with the power of 6 billion Hiroshima bombs). Clear, snaplock ...

... of a well oiled patter that he used on all the poor travellers. Our room resembled a dungeon, but it did have its own en-suite. Cesca was hot happy about things because she was over tired.. but we knew things would look brighter in the morning. 18th Feb - Jo-burg (Soweto) 4.30am, after a pretty sleepless night due to jetlag and dorm noise we gave up on sleep and decided to get up. It was too early to do anything so we read our books for a while before heading up the ...

... and was sharing the bandwidth via a poor man's wireless router. These laptops had internet connectivity although it was brutally slow. I asked him if he could use more computer equipment, possibly in a lab environment in one of the buildings. Bingo again! We walked into a building and he showed me where just such a thing could go. To our surprise, he then clapped his hands and.... it was showtime. Three different groups of kids performed for ...

... for background on apartheid, do some research..). Essentially blacks were prohibited from living and correlating with white dutch and english populations and were forcefully moved to designated areas of the city to be separate (There is much more socio-political background but I dont have time to elaborate!). Our tour ended up being very different and very incredible. We were dropped off (just the two of us) at a woman's home, or ...

... and then went shopping. In the evening we needed to go make a run for the supermarket before it closed. We helped the cook get all the groceries needed for their next leg of the trip. I love grocery shopping in different countries. I love seeing what they have that we don't. Afterwards we settled in for a nice dinner at the hotel. The night was spent doing nothing else but relaxing and ...

... you a vague idea of the layout of the city, not actually help you find anything. Most roads weren't labeled. So, after stumbling around the city centre, dodging maniac mini-bus drivers and pedestrians, I eventually made it to the M1 going north, one of the main arteries running through the city. And I made my way north-east towards the hostel, which was located between Alexandra to the north and Yeoville to the south ...

... I'll need to see if the Airport has decent facilities. If I get anything even remotely finished I'll send out the link anyway and try and finish it in Bangkok. But as you can guess I'd rather travel than be stuck in front of a PC but I'll get there. I suppose I should sum up Africa as this is ma last e-mail from here. Its been a great journey travelling from Cape Town to Nairobi. Generally the people are all very welcoming and friendly. Malawi and Kenya ...

... my flights. Daniel arrived the following morning so it was back to the airport for my folks. I think they should have their own parking space by now. Over the following week I caught up with friends and family. It was great not to have to worry how we would get to the shops or the pub or where our next meal was coming from, this was the first time I have properly felt like this since we left for our travels. Daniels girlfriend arrived on the Thursday ...

... que j'ai commandé. Mais je fais contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur. Le voyage commence. Si c'est le seul contretemps je ne pourrais pas me plaindre. Il fait un temps magnifique. L'Afrique du Sud est un pays superbe. Johannesburg est une ville toute en couleur. En fait c'est la plus grande forêt créée par l'homme. Une forêt toute violette. Tous les arbres sont en fleur. Finalement je quitte Johannesburg et me retrouve dans la campagne. Rien de ...