South Africa
People drive on the right side in South Africa which took a little getting used to for John, but luckily he'd already had some practice in the U.K. earlier in the trip. The driving in Johannesburg wasn't too bad, overall. ...
When we visited South Africa in January 2015 for two weeks we stayed in Johannesburg. After coming from 5 weeks in Tunisia and a week in Egypt, South Africa felt like a breath of fresh air.Related Posts:Finding a Vacation Rental Abroad -- By Jennifer Shipp ...
In most cities across the world, there are people that will come up to your car to try and wash the windows while you're waiting at a stop light, or even just stuck in traffic. Johannesburg was no exception. Moments before this video was taken, a man had run up to our car with a bottle of water and a rag to try and wash our windows just as the light we were stopped at was turning green. Before visiting ...
During our visit to South Africa in January 2015, we decided that we wanted to go on a safari. The major South African national park that offers safari tours is Kruger National Park. However, since we usually like to explore on our own without a tour, we tried to find a way to do so. Finally we found Pilanesberg, a park where we would be able to go on a self-drive safari. The guidebooks said that the ...
While on a self-drive safari in Pilanesburg National Park in South Africa, we saw a massive centipede crossing the road ahead. It was such a large centipede that we decided it would be worth it for us to get out of the car and take a video of it...Related Posts:Johannesberg Tourism: John Gets His Windows Washed (video)Johannesburg Tourism: Our Vacation Rental View (video)Johannesburg ...
Back at home in Nebraska, our friends and family were suffering though a yucky blizzard while we enjoyed a nice summery thunderstorm in Johannesburg, South Africa.Related Posts:Johannesburg Tourism: Thunderstorm in Johannesburg South Africa (video)Johannesburg Tourism: South African Safari at Pilanesberg (video)Johannesburg Tourism: Pilanesberg Safari Centipede (video)Johannesberg ...
We visited Johannesburg, South Africa in January 2015. The Johannesburg weather was much nicer than the weather back in wintery Nebraska! In this video we stand out on the balcony watching a thunderstorm over the city.Related Posts:Johannesburg Tourism: Thunderstorm in Johannesburg South Africa Part II (video)Johannesburg Tourism: South African Safari at Pilanesberg (video)Johannesburg ...
Before visiting Johannesburg, South Africa, we went to Tunisia for 5 weeks and then to Egypt for a week. In comparison with Tunisia and Egypt, Johannesburg was a breath of fresh air. This video shows the view from the balcony of our vacation rental that we stayed in while in South Africa.Related Posts:Johannesburg Tourism: Thunderstorm in Johannesburg South Africa (video)Johannesburg Tourism: ...
We'd gone on safari before in Nepal at Chitwan National Park to hunt for rhinoceros the year before, but with no luck. We saw these rhinoceros just as they were making their way into the lake at Pilanesberg. We saw a lot of animals in the wild that day on our self-drive safari. We were happy with the experience overall, preferring that over an expensive and structured safari experience at one of the other ...
One of the most difficult things about traveling is how life continues to happen at home, even while we’re away. In late January two years ago, we woke up one morning in Mexico to find that we’d been robbed in the middle of the night. Three days later, while we waited on pins and needles to have new passports issued in time before our return flight home, a friend discovered that our house was flooded. ...
Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night, sat up on the edge of my bed, and felt… disappointed. The curtains were tapping gently against the frame of the window. There was a soft, intermittent breeze blowing in through the room. The lights of Johannesburg shimmered behind the curtain. I could see the city through the cracks in the curtain when the breeze would blow. I tried to put my finger on the ...
We left Egypt the day that the terrorists attacked Charlie Hebdo in France. It was “Christmas Day” in this part of the world and we had no idea that the attack had happened until we saw a report on TV at our vacation rental in South Africa. We’d originally planned to stay in Egypt for a full month, but while we were in Tunisia, John and I decided that we were playing the odds and we needed to get out of the ...