South Africa Hotels

“I could live here” was Rebecca’s comment after 30 mins in the lounge at Heathrow. I booked the lounge as a start of holiday treat and it was a hit. The kids played the Playstation games, drank the milkshakes and ate the crisps and Louise and I got 90 minutes of peace and quiet as we waited for the flight spoilt only by Louise’s lack of progress with crossword. As we drove from the airport into the city we passed some of the wooden shanty towns of the Cape Flats an eye opener for Louise but familiar to me from my trips to Sao Paulo . The city itself was shrouded in brown smog as we passed the ...

It's almost 3.00am and I'm sitting trying to figure out how to make a Journal This is a pic I took last week when we had some lovely snow. Well I can't seem to get to bed, here's another pic. Hi there, we arrived in Johannesburg after travelling 1.5 hrs from Copenhagen to LHR and then 10 hrs here. Have hired a car and checked into a lovely guest lodge, the Chamonix.It's pretty warm here, 32 degrees! Off for a 5 hour journey tomorrow to Hippo Hollow for one night. Will hopefully send my own pics when I get to a better computer, Love Dervla Hi, It was a long hot (35 degrees) trip up here. I got ...

Here I am at the Museum Africa, in Newtown area of Johannesburg This festival looked really good. I'm sorry I didn't get to go. Lawn bowling at the Protea Hotel Wanderers Cape Town (on the road to the Cape) Also part of the tour to the Cape Here I am at Robben Island View from Robben Island Robben Island Library at the University of Cape Town. Yes, I did work on this trip! Great "Brown v. Board of Education" display at the Slave Lodge Musuem My room at the Extreme Hotel Cape Town was in the stairwell and well ... it smelled. I would have asked for another room, but ... I was too lazy to move. ...