Protea Hotel Balalaika

... . 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 Mandela ...

... !  We've worked out at the hotel gym (yes we were excited about that too!), went to the grocery store several times (the hotel staff must be amazed since we make our breakfast, lunch, and dinner in our rooms), and also got hair cuts - (Mike really ...

... as driving from LaGuardia to Manhattan. There was a beautiful, huge, orange sunset as I was driving from the airport to the hotel but they were burning dead grass somewhere which clouded the sky. So far Africa smells as if something is always on fire, it ...

e visited Soweto and Nelson Mandela's former house. Former Nuclear facility now used for recreation. Gold mining slag.  ...