Protea President Hotel

... 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 point we ...

... the airport in Durban and flew to Mpumalanga airport for Kruger National Park. Here we transfered by coach to the Protea Kruger gate Hotel a beautiful open area at the registration desk was the gathering place for people going to and from their safaris. ...

... 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 cool, rainly and foggy, ...

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 ...

... by this! As a result he didnt charge us for the internet plus offered us complimentary internet at his other cafe round at the posh Protea Hotel! Which we accepted so he asked a guy working there to show us round. Feel alot like tramps in the posh hotel ...

... our time in Cape Town later in the week both interesting an educational. In Richards Bay, we stayed in a hotel on the waterfront (Protea).  Very nice accommodations, reasonable price, wonderful views and good restaurants a few steps away.  A ...