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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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you that if you don't press
TALK soon, it will begin to automatically assume you're connected, and start
charging you anyway).
One other annoying problem with public phones in most Southern African
countries is that the "#" and "*" keys don't generate tones -- they're
basically just dead keys -- but if your answering machine (or bank-by-phone)
requires them, you're out of luck, and must find a private phone somewhere
to use them properly.
Directory Assistance is "1025" in South Africa, and when you call it,
you're told the approximate wait time. However, if you're told the wait
will be (for example) 3 minutes and 14 seconds, calling right back will
often give you a totally different wait time (perhaps 45 seconds -- or 4
minutes!) Whenever I'd receive a recording saying that the wait would be
more than 3 minutes, I'd usually just call back -- and more often than not,
would be given a shorter wait time (more than once, I also tried timing the
wait to see how accurate it was -- and it wasn't very accurate). However,
to soothe you while you wait, you're put on hold to an instrumental version
of John Denver's "Annie's Song" (C, C, B, A, C.. B.. A, A, A, B, C, G, E..)
each time you call. Most public phones in South Africa and Namibia also
allow incoming calls (the payphone's number is usually displayed on the LCD
screen, especially once you start placing a call) -- though incoming calls
have a 10-minute limit on them, and you can see the remaining time tick down
on the LCD screen as you talk.
After making my calls, I walked around town a bit, hiking up to the top
of the local hill. The dirt path was filled with footprints, and once I
reached the top, I saw why: on the other side of the hill was the settlement
where all the blacks in the area live -- and each day, they'll
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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