Travel Forum / Destinations / Africa / April 2007

we (2 adults and 2 chhildren 6 ans 11 years) need an accommodation
near the Johannesburg airport, because we arrive there late in the
evening in October.
Are there any recommendations for such a hotel, preferable one which

The way the flight timings etc are, I have a *whole* free day in Nairobi
before my  safari..
does anyone have any suggestions for how i could spend the day in here?
Iv'e read the rough guide/lonley planet guides, but id rather hear from

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FYI, we are a 60ish couple who have car tripped all of North America
and Europe
I thinking of a visit.
Flying in to Johannesburg

Any idea ....
Help :-)

Hello Marc,
I'm writing you this email as you are living in Gauteng and contributed many
usefull postings on rec.travel.africa so I presume you will be willing to
help...

We will in the South Africa in the middle of august. We will spend our first
days in the Pilanesberg NP and the Kruger NP.
After we would like to visit the coast from Kosi Bay to Durban but we have
some troubles: what about the wheater? is it too cold to try to swim? what

Just did some search through the websites of some of the big package
tour operators (like TUI, Thomas Cook etc.) to see if I could find
some nice offers of all-inclusive packages (you know: flight +
accommodation + car) for a just-relaxing stay at the coast south of

Johannesburg & Pretoria / Tshwane Chauffeur Drive / Shuttle Services
Shuttle Chauffeur Service in Pretoria, Gauteng, Johannesburg - South
Africa OR Tambo international Airport Shuttle
Johannesburg, Pretoria Chauffeur Shuttle Transport Services

after our trip to Mali I now having some first photographs in my Blog.
Next days some more portraits will appear:
http://photo-vinc.com/PHP/b2evolution/blogs/index.php/all?cat=34
Regards,

I just got back from a 10K trip.
All of the gas bills that I could account for totaled R3,000.
?Can that be correct in a Renault clio with manual?
Payment in CASH was a headache.

I'm going on a trip to Capetown and KNP for the first time. Is there
something I can bring along to give to local children .... pencils or
candy bars, stuff like that? What are some of the places where I might
run across kids that need stuff?

My wife and I have two children - a son (age 18) and daughter (age
16).  In the past, we have traveled to China, Hong Kong, England,
France, Italy, Germany, and the Czech Republic.  We LOVE to travel!
We've been considering another trip in June - we only have eight days

Does anybody know if there is an irish pub in Madagascar ?
Thanks by advance,
Kinetic

Is is possible to travel overland from northern Uganda to southern
Sudan? I'm planning to trace a historic route this summer that would go
as far as Juba, Sudan. I know the situation is dicey in both regions of
those countries. But is it possible? And how? Should I try and get a