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A Trip to South Africa – South Africa
It is mid-October in London. News bulletins report how, last Sunday, one month worth rainfall fell in just one day. The early mornings are chilled, which now requires the wearing of that old leather jacket that sat unworn at the back of the cupboard for months. The dark evenings are drawing in
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Chasing Horizons
"Years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do
than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the
safe harbour. Catch the winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
– Mark Twain
Phil Rado has been combining work with
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The Johannesburg Travel Guide
Below you will find links to all of the articles in the Johannesburg Travel Guide, from monthly updates to related pieces.
If you would like to be an online travel guide, then click here.
Monthly Updates
September 99 Article – Let’s get one thing straight. Johannesbu
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Francistown, Botswana to Jane Furse, South Africa – Botswana and South Africa
Francistown, Botswana to Jane Furse, South Africa
Botswana and South Africa
“Africa’s large problems are largely large Africans” PJ O’Rourke
There can be few pleasures greater than driving at sunset across the surreal emptiness of a Botswanan saltpan. As far as the eye
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Cape Town, South Africa (20 October 2002)
Cape Town, South Africa (20 October 2002)
Cape Town, South Africa
“This is fulfilling your dream. Never forget that and smile every time you remember that.” – written in a letter to me by SB, 2001
“You don’t know unless you try” – phrase frequently us
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Big Brother’s African Brother #1: Introduction
Penny and Tom Raylott on Hinchinbrook Island, Australia
Let me introduce ourselves. We are a husband and wife team (Tom and Penny) about to embark on a second adventure of a lifetime – after all, one adventure is never enough. I’m aspiring to be a female Bill Bryson wit
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Big Brother’s African Brother #2: Preparation
Preparation
It was almost three years ago that we began to seriously entertain the notion of heading off again on another extended trip.
The catalyst was a short holiday backpacking in Egypt and Israel. We met other long-term travellers who didn’t have the burden of a return plane ticket
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Big Brother’s African Brother #47: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to Pretoria, South Africa
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to Pretoria, South Africa
Billed as “excellent” in Lonely Planet, the Pretoria Tourism Information Centre scores a big fat zero out of ten – they had never even heard of Kruger National Park.
September 2002
(US $1 = R10.3)
Our transport into South Africa f
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Big Brother’s African Brother #49: Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
“What National Park?” exclaimed the American traveller standing on the edge of the Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal National Park. “Do you mean Kruger?”
October 2002
The Drakensberg
The Drakensb
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Big Brother’s African Brother #48: Nelspruit to Graskop, South Africa
Nelspruit to Graskop, South Africa
Close encounters with three white rhino in Kruger National Park make us fear for the R4000 excess on the car. After viewing all the cuddly wildlife you can pick up fresh game meat from the camp site and toss your favourite antelope onto the braai.
October 200
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Big Brother’s African Brother #52: Kimberley to Uppington, South Africa
Kimberley to Uppington, South Africa
AK47s, Armageddon, four minute instant skin cancer and an attempted conversion to the Islamic faith using a wholesome fish curry and Barbra Streisand songs – it’s just another crazy week in South Africa.
October 2002
Following our unorthodox ro
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Big Brother’s African Brother #56: Swakopmund to Maltahohe, Namibia, South
Swakopmund to Maltahohe, Namibia
Tom narrowly averts catastrophe by putting his rally driving expertise into practise on the world’s best maintained gravel roads. I knew all those hours on the Playstation would pay off one day.
October 2002
Before leaving Swakopmund, I had a lifetime am
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Big Brother’s African Brother #55: Swakopmund, Namibia
Swakopmund, Namibia
Living the high life with adrenalin coursing through our veins, I crash and roll a quadbike, quaff champagne and oysters and hold my breath as Tom whizzes past me at 80kmph.
October 2002
(N$10.1 = US$1)
Namibia hasn’t exactly endeared itself to me. Blisteringly hot,
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Big Brother’s African Brother #54: Tsumeb to Etosha National Park, Namibia
Tsumeb to Etosha National Park, Namibia
Campers behaving badly and a run in with the food mafia.
October 2002
A pokey, dusty little town, Tsumeb simmers in the heat. For travellers it has no endearing features so a stay of one night is more than adequate. When travelling, there are days when
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Big Brother’s African Brother #53: Uppington, South Africa to Tsumeb, Namibia via Windhoek
Uppington, South Africa to Tsumeb, Namibia via Windhoek
Arid, barren, fly-infested and windy spring to mind when I try to conjure up images of Namibia. Not to mention being caught speeding by the Namibian police who were thankfully not armed with AK47s.
October 2002
Tom’s birthday was n
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Big Brother’s African Brother #58: The Garden Route, South Africa
The Garden Route, South Africa
I sensibly sit back and relax as Tom makes a hash of riding an ostrich. Anyone for ostrich kebabs?
November 2002
Mossel Bay marks the start of the over-hyped ‘Garden Route’ that extends approximately 370km to Port Elizabeth. It is the tourist drag of
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Big Brother’s African Brother #57: Simons Town to Hermanus, South Africa
Wine tasting and stroking cheetahs in Stellenbosch, a whale fest in Hermanus and sleeping in the car in Simons Town. The non-stop adventure continues.
November 2002
What struck me when I first set eyes on Cape Town was the city’s stunning setting. Table Mountain is all imposing –
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Big Brother’s African Brother #59: Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Coaxed up Table Mountain by the lure of chocolate, I spend a sobering hour within the Langa township and catch the ferry for a thought-provoking tour round Robben Island.
November 2002
From whatever direction we approached Cape Town, Table Mountain was the prominent fe
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African Anecdotes #7: Welcome To Yamoussoukro – The Capital – South Africa
Welcome To Yamoussoukro – The Capital
Yamoussoukro is the administrative capital (the reason being that it was where the previous president – Houphou�t-Boigny – was born, and he decided he’d continue living there and make it the capital, hence it was developed from a s
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African Anecdotes #6: Welcome To Gnatroa – Population 300 (or so)
Welcome To Gnatroa – Population 300 (or so)
There’s this joke about Ivorians that goes like this:
If you ask an Ivorian, “Is it true that Ivorians always reply to a question with another question?” then he or she will reply, “Who told you that?” or “Why
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