3 October 2024
After a brief hiatus between trips we are on the road again or maybe that should be in the air. We have arrived in Johannesburg for a two week adventure that will include time in Kruger National Park and travelling down through South Africa finishing in Cape Town.
Today was Day 1 and an opportunity to get over the 15 hour flight from Sydney and any jet lag. We were up at 6:00am on Tuesday and arrived at our hotel in Johannesburg at 2:30am the next day.
It hasn’t been a particularly adventurous day although we did manage to get lost in the shopping mall bedside our hotel. After being surprised to find ourselves right back where we started we decided to pause and rethink our landmarks. We did manage to get back to our hotel without incident and after an excellent coffee.
Our discovery today was that shopping malls the world over are pretty much the same. The same stores, the same number of coffee shops and the same wide, tiled concourse. The big difference in Sandton Mall however is the number of diamond outlets, many with their own security guard at the entrance to the store. There were diamond sellers and fine jewellery shops everywhere. We were also surprised to see many security guards armed with assault weapons.
Needless to say the African faces are a pretty good indicator you are not in Australia anymore.
Tomorrow the adventure begins……
A Traveller's Tale 
Did you tap Nelson’s boot for luck?
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