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Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
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that I'd be staying there at the end of my trip. As always,
they were quite friendly, and said if I needed to come a day early (as I was
contemplating), it wouldn't be a problem. When this was done, I placed a
call to a person who runs tours of Soweto, booking myself on a tour for the
following week. The credit on the phone card gets eaten moderately fast for
calls to South Africa, but when calling Mauritius or the U.S., the credit
seems to disappear almost instantly. I had soon depleted all the credit on
the phone cards, but had accomplished what I needed to do: I had cancelled
my Mozambique flights, booked an earlier flight to Mauritius, arranged
accomodations for the new itinerary, and booked myself a Soweto tour.
Continuing to wander around the city, I stopped at a bookstore and picked
up another small notebook (to use as a journal while on Mauritius) and a
newspaper -- though I didn't notice the newspaper was an old one from
February 11th until it was too late. Still, it contained some interesting
news items on the then-upcoming referendum, including a full-page ad
(sponsored by the "Constitutional Commission" and printed in the local
African language) urging people to vote YES (and thus, support Mugabe).
Also in the paper was an ad from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation,
mentioning that ads for the 2000 election will be at going rates -- and then
goes on to say that "ZBC will produce its own programmes and invite all
contesting political organisations to participate. If the security of our
crews is guaranteed, public meetings conducted by political organisations
will also be covered."
I'd have to be heading back to the campsite soon, but took another
half-hour or so to look around. There are many beggars sitting out on the
city's sidewalks with cups in front of them, and as one lady began singing
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Botswana Gallery
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Cape Verde Gallery
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Kenya Gallery
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Lesotho Gallery
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Malawi Gallery
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Mauritius Gallery
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Swaziland Gallery
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Tanzania Gallery
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Zambia Gallery
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Zimbabwe Gallery
I just thought it might be helpful for you to know how i am finding your system.
Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20