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Travel stories from Johannesburg

Collection of 28 travel stories from Johannesburg, South Africa. Written by your friends on the road.

Traveler rupal5481

I am almost there!
2009-08-02, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rupal5481

Hey guys! I am almost there. I am writing from my fancy schmancy hotel business center. I know, I splurged a little when it came to the hotel. I mean, I didn't think I could find use for both set...

 
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Johannesburg Airport and Lusaka Backpackers Pictures
2009-05-08, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rmalone

Pictures from Joburg and Lusaka airports, and the place we stayed in Lusaka. For more on Joburg and Lusaka Backpackers, info/ tips on how we travel on a budget in Africa, and our recent exper...

 
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Trip Part 2
2008-10-30, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: jennibean

So once we arrived in Jo Sheila and I made our way to the Emperors Palace. We had a few hours to look around and have dinner before Mason and Dee arrived at 10pm. Once they arrived we all walked arou...

 
Traveler rochellep

Welcome to Africa!!!
2008-07-06, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: rochellep

Sawubonani! Outreach has officially begun! Just a week ago we left our comfortable home in Oxford, New Zealand, hopped on an airplane and started a journey that I will definitely never forget. We...

 
Traveler geerty14

12: The Miracle (part 3)
2008-06-17, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

MONDAY, JUNE 9th: You may be noticing a trend. Heavy is the trend. Saturday (part 1) and Sunday (part 2) were heavy. On Monday I made a REALIZATION. Prophesy revealed itself, only in a way I did ...

 
Traveler geerty14

11: Journey (part 2)
2008-06-17, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

The happenings of Jo-berg CONTINUES... Grace and Peace Everybody! Alright, so the day after a HUGE lesson in FAITH (see part 1), I went to church, for it was Sunday (June 8th). Tony Fitzgerald (th...

 
Traveler geerty14

10: Faith (part 1)
2008-06-16, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

On Saturday, June 7th, I attended youth group at Pretra. The message was Grace. What I learned was HUGE and foundational in my faith. I thought I knew that I was saved through [b]Faith[/b] in Jesus C...

 
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9: The Johannesburg Chronicles (intro)
2008-06-15, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: geerty14

Oh man! I MUST ADMIT FRIENDS & FAMILY, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG 10 DAYS! But a VERY GOOD 10 days...indeed. [b]THE[/b] [b]BELL[/b] [b]FAMILY:[/b] As I may or may not have already stated in a p...

 
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Johannesburg
2007-10-01, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: juchem

[b]What:[/b] OR Tambo International Airport [b]When:[/b] October 2007 [b]Why:[/b] The way to Australia [b]Who:[/b] Me [b]Where:[/b] South Africa [b]How:[/b] Airbus ...

 
Traveler julieanna

South Africa
2007-07-20, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: julieanna

The little girl next to me kissed my hand again and melted my heart while we played a big game of "Duck, duck goose!" on a sunny, South African afternoon. I had to laugh out loud as "Goose!" was excla...

 
Traveler heidijulia

From S. Africa to Kenya
2007-07-17, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: heidijulia

I'm now with my outreach team, and we just finished working with a community project called Refilwe here in Johannesburg, South Africa. We've worked here for just over two weeks, and it has been amaz...

 
Traveler teamafrica

Week One
2007-06-25, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: teamafrica

Hey friends and family! This past week has been amazing. The weather is pretty cool right now, but perfect to be working hard in. Johannsburg is so unique. We have been through beautiful areas that ar...

 
Traveler saradekker

Refilwe
2007-04-08, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: saradekker

Hello from South Africa! After all of our preparation and prayer, we arrived alive and well in Johannesburg on April 1st. A short story from our departure from New Zealand first. We had a little ...

 
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Johannesburg
2005-12-25, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: pedro

Christmas in the swimming pool! Just flew from Switzerland on the night from 24 to 25 December. Arrived in Johannesburg in the morning of the 25th December. Went to the hotel and spent the day in the ...

 
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Safari and Surf
2006-12-23, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: thepooles

It is our first morning and we are packing our bags for the first leg of our tour. Today we head off to Adelaide before flying to Perth and then on to J'burg tomorrow. Both the children ar excited and...

 
Traveler frankieboy

Gimme Your Money Please
2005-07-15, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: frankieboy

South Africa Johannesburg starting out ok. A nice, honest cab driver, friendly guest house and a really nice part of town. Went to watch a soccer (that’s right SOCCER) and had a few drinks. I c...

 
Traveler Indaba

JOBURG ROCKS
2006-04-26, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: Indaba

South Africa is great place to visit.Don,t mind all the crime stories and visit. Joburg is a great city with plenty of things to do. The people are friendly and helpful but like in every big city ar...

 
Traveler sloughj1

Its been a long day!
2006-04-09, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: sloughj1

Hey all, Found some time to get to this webpage of mine. Wanted to let you know that our team has a website ….[url]www.traveljournals.net/aw80africa[/url] We will be putting team updates and pict...

 
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Leaving South Africa
2006-04-08, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: aw80africa

Well first things first, God provided us with visas and bus ride to Mozambique!! Thanks to Jeremy for doing all the running around on Thursday. But our last couple of days at the Refilwe Center were A...

 
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South Africa's Beautiful!!
2006-04-03, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: AW80Africa

Well we made it safely to South Africa after some very long flights, but man it's beautiful here!!! Jeremy, Jed, Paul, Melisa, and I (Keia) are staying with Josie's brother Wayne and his wife Maria. R...

 
Traveler hmakwana

South Africa part II
2005-11-23, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: hmakwana

The tree top canopy microglide we did straight after the bungy involved being attached to a cable which is suspended over a series of wide waterfalls. We slide down each cable, stopping in the middle ...

 
Traveler hmakwana

Rainbow Nation
2005-11-23, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: hmakwana

We were slightly nervous about about landing in Jo'burg. As soon as we had landed in Jo'burg we knew we had made the right decision to come to South Africa (S.A.). Everything was so much easier to org...

 
Traveler cpexton

Arrived in Africa!
2005-11-10, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: cpexton

I’ve finally landed! I took my first step onto the Dark Continent at approximately 5:30 pm South Africa time, 7:30 am Portland time. The flight was not horrible, but definitely could’ve been better. ...

 
Traveler dlemon

Update on Where we are!
2005-05-27, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: dlemon

Hello Friends and Family! I hope that all is going well back home! It’s odd to hear about everyone getting ready for graduation or preparing for the last few days of school, when I’m here in Afric...

 
Traveler CrazyAuzie

South Africa At Last
2005-02-27, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: CrazyAuzie

Yippeee Finally my plane lands at 6:28am in Johannesburg. Going through customs was surprisingly hassle free. I had not even completed the immigration forms. I asked the lady a question about fill...

 
Traveler carnivore

Destination: Southern Hemisphere
2005-01-12, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: carnivore

Stumbling through the terminal in Johannesburg looking to buy the last leg of my journey to Botswana. Weary, exhausted, hungry, filthy, delusional….I find the Air Botswana counter and buy a one-way t...

 
Traveler nmid

Week 3/4
2003-06-14, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: nmid

been V busy since my last email. we met a couple other "backpackers" and we travelled with them for about 1.5 weeks. on the way we stopped in various places such as hermanus, where we all went diving ...

 
Traveler nmid

First Week or So
2003-06-06, Johannesburg, South Africa. By: nmid

just to let you know that i have arrived in south africa safe & sound. stayed the first week just outside durban in a place called umhlanga. stoppedthe 1st night in a top hotel call the beverley hills...

 


 
 

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