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    • Ultimate Tanzania
      Day 3

      Morgen geht's los

      May 12, 2022 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Wir haben heute den ganzen Tag die Autos gepackt und vorbereitet für die große Tour. Danach mussten wir natürlich noch einen kleinen sunset-drive machen, um das veränderte Fahrverhalten zu testen...war besser;-) leider kann man die Tiere nicht so gut sehen, weil das Gras durch den Regen so hoch ist. Morgen früh geht's gegen 8 Uhr los in Richtung Botswana...wir sind gespannt...Read more

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    • TravelerUganda - South Africa
      Day 3

      Johannesburg

      January 7, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      I'm not one to sit around so it was an amazing day out spent with TK and Nkosie who had meet me the day before traveling from Mbazwana his home town to Johannesburg on a local taxi (amazed he got there really) the tour guide from Johannesburg. Taking us first to Nelson Mandela's house and Desmond Tutu's house in Soweto. They both lived on the same straight and the only two people to live on the same street and hold the Noble Peace prize.
      The history of Soweto was so humbling and actual stand in Nelson Mandela's home where he lived is so hard to describe. One of those moments when you get a shiver down your back.
      The it was on to the area where a young boy Hector Peterson was gunned down in the apart eight times. Demonstrating for the right to not have to speak Afrikaans has a first language in 1976. I was would have been 7 at the time. To think children were marching peacefully on the other side of the world for their rights and the were shot, makes me wonder if there is anything a young teen in todays world would be that passion about anything. We then took a drive through downtown Johannesburg with strict instruction to put our phones away and we were told that we wouldn't be stopping at any red lights. "So please don't worry." That was the understatement. Nkosie said did I want a black marker pen 🙄😂
      Visiting other countries trying to understand other cultures has to be the beginning of trying to understand the one planet 🌎 we all live on.
      Then to Johannesburg Tambo international airport to fly to Uganda with Nkosie, a really adventure for him only the second time on a plane since our trip to Tanzania
      I will be visiting Uganda over the next week with my CoCos Foundation hat 🧢 on. Where in lockdown we help a group of amazing people from Club House the Socail media app purchase a farm to support 1🌍1 street children.      Read more

    • TravelerAfrican Adventure
      Day 3

      Johannesburg!

      June 6, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      After a delicious breakfast at The Residence we’re being taken for a tour of Johannesburg today. Our driver is Lucky his mum named him that because she was lucky to get him. 😂He kept us entertained on a six hour tour taking us to 2 of Nelson Mandela homes. One very modest one from his early years before his arrest and the big house where he spent his last years.

      A drive through the city which was full of street markets, it looked like you could buy anything there. I would have loved to have a walk around but I don’t think Lucky thought that was a good idea. Followed by a quick tour of a gold mine museum which funnily enough is in the basement of one of the biggest banks in South Africa.

      South of Johannesburg is Soweto, a city developed as a township for black people under the apartheid system. Most of the struggle against apartheid was fought in and from Soweto. The name Soweto is an acronym, made up - in apartheid days - from the first letters of the words “south western township”. It’s where Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Hector Pieterson lived.

      Johannesburg is quite a confronting place. There are lots of people, lots of traffic, lots of crime and lots of poverty. We felt the inner city was more threatening than Soweto. The people of Soweto seemed friendlier, ready to smile and laugh with you. I was really impressed with how many sculptures and murals there where everywhere in Soweto. Disappointed I couldn’t get more photos of them some of them were so detailed. It’s a bit of an uphill battle but it nice to know someone is trying to bring some colour and art into what is really a very crowded community.

      It’s a little surreal coming back to The Residence after that. It’s a luxurious haven in this vast city.

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    • TravelerAfrican Adventure
      Day 4

      Wallow Lodge.

      June 7, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      I think we were all relieved to be leaving Johannesburg behind today. It’s a very foggy morning and we’re hoping that doesn’t mean the flight will be delayed. Johannesburg airport is huge but customs and immigration was quick. It’s so quite in this airport hardly any people at all, but the ones who are here are all flying to Victoria Falls.

      Arriving in Victoria Falls and it is hot, really hot and dry. Reminded us all of Western Queensland. Driving into the Lodge we saw a Giraffe right in front of the truck, he was so big, the resident
      male apparently, just wandered casually off as we got closer.
      The Lodge is gorgeous and set on 6000 hectares of National Park. After we’d checked in, had a welcome drink and a bit of a tour of the common area, they asked us if we’d like to go on a game drive this afternoon. Hell Yes!

      Our tents overlook the river and a bit of a clearing on the other side so we spent a couple of hours watching, Impala, Warthogs, Baboons and numerous birds in the trees around us and the clearing.

      The game drive was amazing. We found Elephants, Buffalo, Crocs, Warthogs, Waterbuck, Bushbuck, Impala, Hippo and so many birds. Stopped to watch the Sunset and have a drink and then back to the camp for an amazing dinner.
      Emma had organised a bottle of champagne for us and a celebration cake. Both were delicious.      Read more

    • Südafrika 🇿🇦
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      Day 5

      Zurück nach Johannesburg

      March 22 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Nach dem Frühstück 🥓🍳 ging es für uns wieder zurück in den Bus 🚌 . Wir mussten die Strecke zurück nach Johannesburg fahren.

      Endlich angekommen fuhren wir durch den Stadtteil Soweto. Beim Anblick der Townships (Slums) wird einem wieder bewusst wie gut es uns eigentlich geht.

      Wir liefen dann noch am Mandela House entlang. Hier wurden wir von Polizisten begleitet.

      Endlich im Hotel angekommen schauten wir uns die schöne Anlage an.
      Abends gab es dann im Boma Restaurant 🍗essen. Es war köstlich.      Read more

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    • TravelerZuiderlijk Afrika
      Day 1

      Dag 1 naar Johannesburg

      October 2, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Vandaag is de 1e dag van dit Afrikaanse avontuur! Ik ga de komende 4 weken met Sawadee een groepsreis maken. De 1e beproeving is Schiphol. Gelukkig is het er niet extreem druk. Ik ben voor 7 u s ochends op de luchthaven. En het inchecken bagage afgeven en de security verloopt allemaal heel soepeltjes. Gelukkig daarom ruim op tijd bij de gate met een lekker bakkie. De vlucht vertrekt op tijd om 9.45. We doen korter dan verwacht over de vlucht en zetten kwart over 8 savonds voet aan de grond. De vlucht was prima lang maar dat wist ik en ik kom de tijd door met de nodige films. Al weet ik op een gegeven moment niet meer wat ik met mezelf aan moet; zoveel stilzitten is niks voor mij.
      Als we geland zijn ga ik opzoek naar mijn groep. We worden opgehaald door een chauffeur die ons naar onze 1e accommodatie brengt. Het gaat allemaal war chaotisch omdat dit niet onze reisbegeleider is, die ontmoeten we morgen pas. Alles komt uiteraard vanzelf goed. We overnachten in een guest house vlakbij de luchthaven. We drinken s avonds laat nog een drankje met een klein groepje. En dan taaien we af.      Read more

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    • South Africa 2024
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      Day 16

      Red bus through Johannesburg

      February 27 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      The center of Johannesburg being too dangerous to navigate on one's own, we decided to do a guided tour that took us from the wealthy northern finance district to the southern suburbs, through the dreaded center.

      Much can be said about Johannesburg history (it is only 150 years old), so I recommend reading about it. It is fascinating.
      To summarise it, there was a system of oppression from the white people of the blacks, "colored", Indians, Asians, etc, with strict enforced segregation in which you were told where to live based on the hue of your skin (mixed blood people having to live in other neighborhood than their pure blood parents) and on your language. All this came to a crashing end, with the white people pushed out of power and key positions, and the black ones stepping in with next to no preparation and expertise.
      White people fled the country, and those who remained fled to the rich white suburbs that they fortified (literally) to protect themselves.
      The center of the city became a no man's land quickly claimed by violent gangs, and the rich north became the new financial district.

      So when we took the bus, we expected a lot of history from the audio guide.
      What we got instead was quite surreal:
      Imagine a dystopian sale pitch born of the 80s starry-eyed capitalistic ideals, full of buzz words and blind-eyes euphemisms.
      So as we drove next to gutted buildings, we were told about the gorgeous architecture and brilliant future...
      I had to capture some of the most outrageous euphemisms:
      -The fact that the inhabitants of 1.5% of South Africa own 30% of its wealth was called "economic diversity".
      -People living in slums were "street entrepreneurs" (I couldn't make this one up if I tried).
      -The fall of the CBD to gangs was "a serious slump"
      -The acid leaking from mining refuses and permeating the ground of the Townships was "a bit of a health hazard"...

      As I said, surreal.

      I would be dishonest if I didn't say that the efforts of reconciliation after generations of oppression were not mentioned, but always as a done deal, where "South Africa is the only country in the world that managed a transition of power with almost no violence (!!!)", And this said in such an artificially happy voice, you'd think we were being sold adult diapers on tv.

      It all strongly reminded me of a very famous line in "Avatar, the last air bender".      Read more

    • Zuid Afrika
      Day 24

      Joburg (Johannesburg)

      August 31, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Laatste dag van onze vakantie. We hebben vandaag de Hop on Hop off bus genomen om toch een indruk van Joburg te krijgen. Ook hier zijn de verschillen groot, de ene straat straalt rijkdom uit, terwijl je om de hoek weer echt armoede tegenkomt. In de wijk Bloemfontein even uitgestapt, daar kwamen we in een trendy Food hal, waar je eten uit verschillende landen kon kiezen. Het was daar erg druk dus kozen we uiteindelijk voor een Turks eettentje. Nog even in het zonnetje bij ons hotel. Daar koken ze speciaal eerder voor ons zodat we met een volle maag naar het vliegveld gaan. Vanavond om 23.00 uur gaan we de lucht in!
      We hebben hier in Zuid Afrika 5000 km afgelegd met de auto!      Read more

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    • Afrique du Sud
      Day 3

      1er juillet arrivée à Johannesburg

      July 1, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      Arrivée à Johannesburg ce matin 9:15. Nous sommes crevés et très excités. Le logement que nous avons loué est spacieux et propre, il y a un grand patio où nous nous installons au soleil parce qu'il fait frais même froid à l'intérieur. Il y a un petit centre d'achat à quelques minutes de marche, la rue est bordée de maisons clôturées. Il semblerait que la sécurité soit très importante ici. Toutes les portes et les fenêtres sont grillagées. Il y a un système d'alarme et il n'est pas conseillé de se promener après la tombée de la nuit. Notre premier repas Sud Africain est un braai, bbq au charbon.Read more

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    • TravelerRio-Capetown
      Day 36

      JOHANNESBURG, South Africa

      April 5, 2023 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      We arranged a tour from the airport to Soweto Township. An enlightening day. Population of Soweto abt 1,200,000. Housing ranges from upper middle class to ramshackle homes. It has one of the biggest hospitals with over 3,400 beds, and the site has 430 buildings with various medical services. The lower income has their own justice system. You better not get caught! Officials are trying to remove people from the first housing development that was started when the blacks were removed from Joburg. It isn't working, so they brought in port-a-potties. There is no electricity. Now, in contrast, there are a couple of upper middle class homes that are used for TV soaps. You can see the slums from the upper middle class homes. We toured the Hector Pieterson Museum that commemorates the role of students in their fight against Apartheid. A couple blocks away is a street where Hector lived along with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Visited the site of decommissioned cooling towers, 100m tall, that was a coal fired power station. From the top you can bungee jump, the bottom there is a pub. The last stop was the soccer stadium built for the World Cup. It can seat 95,000 people and is an impressive building. Then on to Joburg, population abt 6,000,000. The city skyline has some unique architecture. After checking into the hotel decided to walk to the mall. That lasted abt 2 minutes. Security guard at the hotel wanted us to call him so he could pick us up. We don't have cell service, so we decided to walk. Got to the first corner, made the decision to just go back. Didn't feel comfortable with the looks of Security posted at each corner.
      Early evening for us.      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Stad Johannesburg Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit, Йоханесбург, Municipalità metropolitana di Johannesburg, Йоханнесбург

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