Protea President

... decided to find a hotel and of course headed for the beach. After much looking we decided to splurge a little and stayed at the Protea President Hotel with an Ocean View.  We opened our windows wide and could hear the ocean just fine.  At that ...

... Cape in 1825,and he settled with his family and farmed the area around Rustenberg. After the first Boer war Kruger became president in 1883 and instigated legislation to conserve wildlife. In 1898, due to his efforts this area was proclaimed the Sabie ...

Today we went to Robben Island.  This island is where Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma (current president of SA) and other prisoners were sent during Apartheid.  We had to take about a 30 minute ferry ride across choppy seas to get to the prison on ...

... O, weeping on the podium when he collected his silver and sobbed uncontrollably at the press conference afterwards. US President George W Bush has headed home describing the Olympics as "a very uplifting experience". His mother Barbara can expect ...

... they left as free men without bitterness in 1990.   By 1994, Mandela had won a Nobel Peace Prize, had become President and helped lead a process of truth telling and reconciliation. Anyone who admitted guilt in partaking in state sponsored crimes ...

... downturn), high crime rates, increasing drug use and large numbers in poverty creates a soup of explosive social issues.   President Zuma, heading the ANC (the ruling party) has over 20 wives (which certainly is different) and is presiding over ...

... in yellow! They are all chanting and dancing etc. Vincent advises us they are doing this to show support for the current president Dr Bingu something or other as he is under investigation for fraud! The yellow apparently symbolises they support him and ...

We arrived in Cape Town after 2 flights and 20 hours from NYC.   We were all slightly groggy from the trip but excited and delighted by our hotel and Cape Town.  What a lovely city sandwiched between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  It was ...