Tour over, so off to find a bed. Leigh & Werner very kindly offered to put us up for a few days, and we are eternally grateful for the comfy bed and warm nights ;)
On the day after the tour, we hired a car & met Aaron & Belinda to show them a few of the sights of J'brg. We took a shopping trip to Rose Bank flea market to get ourselves some bargins & by chance we bumped into Sally & Scott before they left for the airport. All of us came back overloaded with South African goodies - we picked up some lovely candle stick holders & bowls for a bargain price (or so we think after some killer bartering). These of course have a tribal story attached, but you'll have to come visit us to hear it ;)
In the pm we went to the Apartheid Museum. A difficult subject to broach, and we both think it was a little bias against whites, but you'd probably expect that ;) I guess worth a visit, but best seen in conjunction with the Voortrekker Museum in Pretoria to get a better understanding of both sides...
So after a couple of days of relax - the next stop is Warmbaths (bela bela). This is a water park with slides, wave pool, rubber rings, spa, etc and has heated water with places for sun bathing & a campsite. We went here with David & Chris, and Kelly & Rajmund. We stayed here a couple of nights; having a BBQ and fire in the evenings, then going for a swim, & then back to the tent to chill with beers and hubbly-bubbly ;) Thanks to Kelly for cooking up some nice food & brekkie.
On the day after the tour, we hired a car & met Aaron & Belinda to show them a few of the sights of J'brg. We took a shopping trip to Rose Bank flea market to get ourselves some bargins & by chance we bumped into Sally & Scott before they left for the airport. All of us came back overloaded with South African goodies - we picked up some lovely candle stick holders & bowls for a bargain price (or so we think after some killer bartering). These of course have a tribal story attached, but you'll have to come visit us to hear it ;)
In the pm we went to the Apartheid Museum. A difficult subject to broach, and we both think it was a little bias against whites, but you'd probably expect that ;) I guess worth a visit, but best seen in conjunction with the Voortrekker Museum in Pretoria to get a better understanding of both sides...
So after a couple of days of relax - the next stop is Warmbaths (bela bela). This is a water park with slides, wave pool, rubber rings, spa, etc and has heated water with places for sun bathing & a campsite. We went here with David & Chris, and Kelly & Rajmund. We stayed here a couple of nights; having a BBQ and fire in the evenings, then going for a swim, & then back to the tent to chill with beers and hubbly-bubbly ;) Thanks to Kelly for cooking up some nice food & brekkie.
We had a great time here, and it was good not being in a Kia combi van ;)
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