Johannesburg Ranches - Reviews and Rates

This morning at 09:00 Jim and I sat in on a South African ministerial meeting. The six elders in this country, coming from Johannesburg, Durban, East London and Capetown met to discuss ministerial and church issues as they do several times a year. Almost immediately following that meeting there was another meeting called for the SANATCO (South A...

I woke with first light, bugged Paul, then decided to rise. A fire had been made, so I stayed by it, watching the sunrise over Zambezi Park in Zimbabwe. So many birds were out and about - chattering away - that I got the binoculars and the bird book and identified many new birds. Especially loved the call of the robin-chat. Also heard the go-awa...

Hi everyone, We are now back in Joberg for our last night. When we got to the hotel we decided to get some photos printed and put an album together for you all to look at - quite hard seeing as we realised we had taken over 900 photos!!!! Anyway matthew chose around 200 for an album, so we will be able to show you all them when we get back - plu...

27 June You will recall from my introduction to this blog how much time, effort and thought I put into packing - especially from the perspective of not carrying anything that is not allowed under the new rules. So when the explosive checkers at the Bangkok airport asked me to open my bag for inspection after x-raying it, I was feeling smugly con...

They've stolen everything. Now all that I own is the clothes that I am wearing, a first aid kit, a role of masking tape and a permanent marker. No clothes, no equipment, no camera, no id documents, no toiletries, no towels, no sleeping and camping stuff, no fieldwork equipment, no candles, no warm clothes, no computer, no record of me ever exist...

Hello from Johannesburg! As you can see, I have been neither mugged nor murdered (as yet) and am having a very jolly time at the Backpackers Ritz in Jo'burg. After a couple of days recovering from the (mercifully uneventful) flight from Heathrow, have immersed self in the laid back life next to the pool, with evening trips sampling the best of J...