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"Jo'burg and Kruger National Park safari" Jaimegirl's photos around Nelspruit, South Africa

Preview of Jaimegirl's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jaimegirl/5/1268214231/tpod.html This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Nelspruit, South Africa Entry Title: "Jo'burg and Kruger National Park safari!" Entry: "Wow! Well, there is a lot to write but I will try my best to keep it reasonably short;), yeah right Cory says;). We are now in Durban after 2 weeks in South Africa, and we have seen a lot! We arrived in Cape Town on the 25th, and stayed 2 nights before flying north to Johannesburg to begin our southbound journey along the coast back to Cape Town within 30 days-yes, I know...a lot of land to cover, right? Yes-definitely a "crash course" of South Africa, but we both love it and want to come back-so we are not worried:). Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa, and is absolutely beautiful. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and ex patriots to South Africa. As of 2007 the city had an estimated population of 3.5 million. We only spent a couple days there, but look forward to spending a few more at the end of our trip before flying back to Buenos Aires on the 24th. We were able to visit Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela spent 19 years as a political prisoner under Apartheid), explore the famous Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and finally eat food with some HEAT! We were ecstatic to see so many ethnic restaurants after being in Argentina for seven weeks with not very much variety in terms of food. I think if we never eat pizza, pasta, or toasted ham and cheese again we will be content. The first night we arrived we walked right into a Thai restaurant and ate our hearts out! Two local South Africans were sitting near by and quickly started chatting with us, before buying us "Welcome to South Africa" shooters-the Springbok (half South Africa Amarula Cream/half Creme de Menth), which were pretty tasty:). After a quick taste of Cape Town we flew to Johannesburg, or Jo'burg as it is often referred to. Now, prior to flying here we have heard the usual that Jo'burg is dangerous, and if we can avoid going there we should (we were even told this by South Africans). Originally it was not in our itinerary, but we figured it would be better to start our journey from the north starting with the safari. This way, if we didn't get lucky seeing animals at Kruger, we would have enough time to visit different parks along the route south (instead of taking the risk of ending our journey with a safari not seeing to much). So, Jo'burg it was:). Even though we were only there for a full day, we wanted to make the best of it and visit a museum or see a few sites. We decided to visit the Apartheid Museum http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/ which was worth every minute. We were advised that 2 hours was not enough time to really get the most out of the museum, so we arranged for a taxi to pick us up 5 hours later, allowing us about 3 1/2 hours in the museum after eating lunch. Well, we were actually rushing through the last few exhibits which was unfortunate. We could have easily stayed in there another 2 hours! Talk about an emotional experience-feelings of shock, sadness, disbelief, anger, hope...I could go on and on. The fact that these atrocities occurred in recent times (relatively speaking) is mind boggling. I question humanity when being reminded of these sad times in our history. We both left the building feeling pretty heavy, without words to describe what was just taken in. The very next morning bright and early we were off to Nelspruit-the springboard for Kruger National Park. We were excited about our 3 day safari, which we booked immediately once checked into our hostel. We stayed at Old Vic Inn, which is run by "Crazy Dave" and his wife Bella. The place was very nice, and the hosts made it even better! After a day and night of relaxation, we woke up at 3:30 am, had breakfast at 4-and we were off to Kruger with Dave and another couple from Japan for the following 3 days. We arrived at the gate at 5:30am, and upon entry into the park (which is the ..." Read and see more at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jaimegirl/5/1268214231/tpod.html Photos from this trip: 1. "Kruger Elephant" 2. "Happy Baboon:)" 3. "Hyena" 4. "Blyde Canyon" 5. "Lions in road" 6. "Three Rondavels (Rock formations)" 7. "Waterfalls near Blyde Canyon" 8. "Monkeys looking for lunch..." 9. "Walking through Lobamba (local village)" 10. "Woman walking through village" 11. "Following our tour guide through his village" 12. "Me and one of the villagers:)" 13. "New World Cup Soccer Stadium in Durban" See this TripWow and more at http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00bb-c990-0cee?ytv4=1

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África Do Sul 2010 - Cape Town

Portuguese: BottlePlatePillow traz tudo o que você precisa saber sobre o vinho sul africano, a acessibilidade e hospitalidade associadas às vinícolas. Estamos também entusiasmados com a nossa nova produção, video clips sobre Vinho e Turismo. Nas próximas semanas estaremos produzindo uma série de vídeo clips em Português com a brasileira Karina Avila, como nossa apresentadora. O mercado brasileiro é imenso e a comunidade de pessoas que falam a língua portuguesa compartilha da nossa paixão por um bom vinho. Devido a Copa do Mundo de 2010, todos os olhos estão voltados para a África do Sul! Mais de 70 mil pessoas, que falam a lingua portuguesa, são esperadas na Copa do Mundo de 2010, entre eles, cerca de 40 mil brasileiros. Você não pode ficar de fora! Veja os nossos vídeos e confira as imperdíveis atrações turísticas que esperam por você! Assista ao nosso vídeo introdutório e já comece a sonhar! English: BotlePlatePillow productions capture South African tourism on Video (For Web). Wine tourism is our main interest where we produce clips for "WineTube.co.za" With the focus on 2010, we have teamed up with Karina Avila (ilp events). We produce video clips in Portuguese. Visitors will get a good idea of what to expect from South Africa. We will over the next couple of weeks, capture all the host cities. Any organization, business or interested party who wants to get involved with sponsorship, must get in contact with us. (info@bottleplatepillow.co.za). We have some fantastic offerings. South Africa...The place to be!

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Tour of Johannesburg South africa suburbs part #2

http://myworldtravel.weebly.com part 2 of my tour of the beautiful Johannesburg suburbs and streets. My interview with friend and Tour guide jack mayerwitz continues about life in Johannesburg and about the places and things we see during our drive. if you have any comments or questions please leave them in the blog. If you would like to hire jack you can reach him at africa@koshersafaris.co.za

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Tour of Johannesburg South Africa suburbs, streets Part 1

http://myworldtravel.weebly.com Me and my tour guide and friend jack meyerwitz giving me a tour of Johannesburg South africa suburbs. we drove through the suburbs of Hyde park, lower sandton, Dunkeld west, rosebank, glenhazel, parktown, savoy, ilovo, Waverly, norwood, Fairmont and others. there are many suburbs in Johannesburg but they are quite small and as you can see you can drive through them very quickly. I myself walked through sandton, hyde park and Rosebank in only 35 minutes. It is a very interesting place and i suggest you come visit here soon. If you would like to do tours anywhere around south africa contact jack meyerwitz at africa@koshersafaris.co.za He also has a huge adventurous 16 day tour coming up in December of 08 to Namibia. check out his website at koshersafaris.co.za Tell him Sam sent ya

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Port Elizabeth - A video postcard | Hostelworld.com

Have a look around Port Elizabeth with Hostelworld.com's video postcard. Some of the attractions featured in this video include Addo Elephant National Park, Schotia Safaris, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum and the city's beautiful beaches plus lots more.

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