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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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the
trademark "tablecloth" cloud was now hovering over Table Mountain in its
typical fashion, never sinking more than halfway down.
With the wind howling outside, I phoned Mr. Delivery for some food, not
wanting to walk back down the hill in the wind. Their lines were so busy
though, that I was getting a fast "circuits-busy" signal. I couldn't get
through for so long that I called one of the pizza places directly, thinking
that perhaps the phone lines themselves were out of order due to the wind --
but that wasn't the case... with the weather, Mr. Delivery was just
extremely busy. Finally getting through, I ordered a pizza, and telling
them that the pizza arrived cold the last time I used them in Johannesburg,
asked that it arrive warm. It took a while, but sure enough the pizza came,
nice and warm. After the walking I did today and the cool wind outside, I
enjoyed it immensely.
Some news from today's paper: the Tsumeb (Namibia) Mines which were
liquidated by Gold Fields in 1998, would re-open this year after creditors
overwhelmingly supported a takeover bid by Ongopolo Mining and Processing, a
Namibian company. Operations are expected to start up again by mid-April,
with the first ore going through the Tsumeb smelter by mid-June -- after a
R15 million reconstruction. Ongopolo plans to directly employ about 800
workers at the mines... South Africa will have its first lottery starting up
tomorrow, but the situation is total chaos. Even as late as today (the day
before it's to start), it's still not known what charaties will benefit from
the lottery, and the agency to distribute the 30% earmarked for charity has
not yet been established. Even the criteria that the individual charities
have to meet hasn't yet been decided upon... tobacco ads are to be phased
out within the next two years in South Africa.
...
See photographs from:
Botswana Gallery
,
Cape Verde Gallery
,
Kenya Gallery
,
Lesotho Gallery
,
Malawi Gallery
,
Mauritius Gallery
,
Swaziland Gallery
,
Tanzania Gallery
,
Zambia Gallery
,
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