New Africa Hotel

... Rhys toiletries including shower gel, hand wash, body lotion, shampoo and conditioner located in all bathrooms. The hotel has recently been taken over with new owners Marc van Rooyen and Riaan Vermaak at the helm. Marc and Riaan boast extensive knowledge ...

... and suits reminiscent of days gone by, flock to their neighbourhood churches. After the servicce, a parade was in full-swing for Africa Day - an interesting look at their political wants/needs/etc. We made a few observations whilst in New York. One of ...

... my clothes in the bag of my trunk, I disregard how this may look to passing locals violating a whole new set of DO NOTS when traveling to Africa.  I sort through my clothes and realize how attached I am to things.  Ahhh, my favorite Nike shirt for ...

... 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 explore it, not nearly ...

... we came to the address at which, 3 months ago, Trace had booked our accommodation for the length of our stay in New York. There was no hotel there, no one had heard of the hotel either.....this was going to cause problems. After a slight panic and some ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... nearby.  Then, we left table mountain and went to tour the Castle.  The Castle is the oldest European building in South Africa (Built in 1679).  In the earlier days, the Castle was used as housing for the governor and is now used as the ...

... her birthday on the 27th for those who either forgot or who did not know. Also that her parents and brother are arriving in South Africa at the end of the month. Tris will be flying up to Johannesburg to meet them there, from where they will all drive ...

... there are only 5000 left and we saw about 8 of them. Camped next to the boader that night. 27 May Crossed into South Africa headed to Pietersberg town which was busy did a bit of shopping, then drove some more and headed to our campsite Graskop ...

... in the car and headed off to a restaurant nearby. It was really nice to see them back, talking about India, about south Africa, gossiping about my parents :p while enjoying Indian food. One and a half hour passed and we thanked them for the invite!! ...

... . So a fantastic day on the vineyards, but I must still say despite being very impressed, I still preferred those of South Africa.  SA is a very special place, and greatly overlooked on so many levels. With a slight hangover the next morning, we ...

... with Coastal Aviation, trf to international terminal, flight at 15:20 with SAA to Johannesburg to arrive at 18:00   South Africa time...I'm home   But what about that flight from Zanzibar to Dar, with Coastal Aviation, man oh man, what a ...

... of the road. Today we went to a theme park and got to ride some fun roller coasters. It was hard to believe that we were in Africa because of this. They had a petting zoo and I got to share a piece of straw with goat. Super cool. Nikki, Britini and Kayla ...

... that I was actually going yet and was now unemployed! Laura and I flew into Johannesburg early Tuesday morning. We stayed in a hotel for the first night as knowing Johannesburg's reputation we weren't going to take any risks. We did an orgainised tour ...

... in a Boutique hotel in NYC! As a leaving present, Phin's work kindly gave him/us two nights accommodation at the Ace Boutique Hotel New York! Wohoo!!! We packed our bags (we didn't lug all our stuff!) and jumped on the subway bound for west 29th street! ...

... male. Then there are some people from Denmark, Germany and England. Theres 15 in total. They are completely different to our Africa group, this is more diverse of men and women also ages. the guide went through some info about India, said tipping should ...

... had a table and they served delicious Samuel Adams White Ale. Was good to see Nick again, we had good fun the 2 weeks in Southern Africa together. Next day Erik left for Norway and I started making my way up to Cortlandt, to meet Jeffrey & Mamta, a ...

... the Egyptian art The Met covers art, sculpture etc from all over the world and of course from America itself. From Africa, Oceania, the Americas, Asia, Islamic, Ancient Greece, Medieval and American the scope is quite simply amazing. We felt guilty when ...

... with a dreadful would-be Australian accent which would have to belong to someone raised somewhere between NZ, Australia and South Africa. Xanadu is 90 minutes of non-stop roller skating nonsense! (http://xanaduonbroadway.com/) The evening show for 1 ...