Hotel Africa

... . Malaysian drivers license are not accepted in most countries as the wordings are in BM that no one else understand. 5. South Africa is right hand drive. Some cars will have signal and wiper control on the opposite side of those in Malaysia. 6. ...

Stayed at The Bay Hotel, Garden Route, Gorah Elephant ...

... and they respond with the same words starting and stopping at the same instant, "soap to give towards helping a cause in Africa."  I ask another question and again, their response is the same starting and stopping at the exact same time. Almost like ...

... are told that a bridge will soon be built. This is the main highway between Congo (with its copper mines) and Durban in South Africa, from where the Copper and other items, are shipped. Because we had a small boat ferry waiting for us, we went right over ...

... 's racial groups have make great strides at integrating into one culture.  This city was our first destination in Southern Africa, after the exhausting 20+ hour flight from New York (and connection in Johannesburg).  We had just 3 days to ...

... turns to the top of the pass, which is about 10,000 feet above sea level. Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa but retains an independent culture, language and government. We visited one of the small, round huts inhabited by the shepherds ...

... choice, as although we could have spent more time in places doing a shorter route, this gave us a truer sense of South Africa. We spent 2 wicked days relaxing at a really cool place called Coffee Shack, which was surrounded by rugged cliffs and the ...

... I had here. Johannesburg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg) is the largest city and wealthiest province of South Africa. I stayed at the Balalaika Hotel and Crown Court (http://www.balalaika.co.za/). From here I was able to walk to the Nelson ...

... - probably best to 'view all' on one page (well 25 at a time...) as there are a few. We hope you like them. South Africa we strongly recommend to you all, particularly at this time of year when there are not too many people at tourist sites, it has ...

... station. At the hotel we met a fascinating older English gentleman who worked as a train and travel consultant in South Africa. He was quite the extravagant and well dressed polite English gentleman. Central Pretoria is a beautiful mixture of modern ...

... so soon I was out at the taxi stand and on my way to the hotel, located near the Waterfront, the major tourist attraction in South Africa.  Check in was smooth and soon I was on my way to a 3 minute walk to the Waterfront to check it out.  What a great ...

... around 10 a.m.  After more than 30 hours in transit I was a little spacy, but excited to finally be in Southern Africa.  I'd checked the landscape from the air about an hour before we landed, and my first impression was that it looked a lot ...

... on a steep downhill, which I knew would be awaiting me on the return.  Since breakfast was not included in my relatively inexpensive hotel rate, I decided to find a place to sit out and enjoy lunch.  I found a nice eatery and sat down to a nice ice ...

... they did during the many years of apartheid. So the Hijackings and the muggings and the killings will continue making South Africa a difficult place to recommend as a place that you should visit for a holiday despite the stunning beauty of the lanscapes ...

... , accomodation, and to a lesser extent culture are all still kind of divided along race lines. We got to see the other south africa with a trip to a township.  This i think was the best thing we have done.  We had some booze with the locals ...

... day driving through the scenic midlands meander, the old road from Durban to Johannesburg. Got to see a part of South Africa which is beautiful, quite similar to Ireland and well off the standard backpacker trail. Had a delicious German sausage lunch, ...

... sun was beginning to come up.  At first there wasn't much to see due to cloud cover, but I kept watching for a glimpse of Africa.  We were probably a three or so hours out of Cape Town when I could really see pretty well - except it was really ...