TyskJohan’s random thoughts

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After 5 hours of driving from Johannesburg, past places marked as “hi-jacking hotspots” and a lot of sights we didn’t know (Bourke’s Luck, The Three Rondavels and lots more) we arrived at the gates of the Balule Nature Reserve, where the Drifters Game Lodge, our accomodation for the next two days, is located.

After the flight to Johannesburg via São Paulo, we had to sleep in for a while. In the afternoon, we did a tour to Soweto and got to see an informal settlement, as well as seeing “the Beverly Hills of Soweto”, Nelson Mandela’s house and the Soweto memorial.

In the evening, the innkeeper took us along for dinner at a shopping mall in the well-to-do suburb of Johannesburg where the inn was. “I’ve never seen a European order the large portion of Spare Ribs”