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Subscribe in a reader Never knew that I am actually staying in a wonderful place. Not so far away from me is Hartbeespoort Dam and everything what comes with this place: endless possibilities to explore South African nature and wild life. Surprisingly I did not read too much about it in blogs. People just don’t do horse riding anymore? And it never occurred to me I can’t ride on a horse, I never did. Never in my life. That thought, however, came later when I saw my horse and was invited to climb on it. Well, good for me, there were no other people, and the program in Groot Verlange Driving Academy was able to foresee the situation like that. Yes, they cater for complete beginners. Interesting enough, when I googled places for horse riding I found Groot Verlange in Hartbeespoort and other place La WiiDA in Hennopsriver Valley, also not far from Hartbeespoort Dam area. Both cater for beginners. Both have game reserve adjacent to their stables. I started from Groot Verlange and w...

Subscribe in a reader 1. Among all the oldest cities in the world-e.g. Damascus, Jerusalem (inhabited from 2800BC) Athens, Beirut, Plovdiv- Johannesburg is a baby. Johannesburg was established in October 1886, which makes it 130 years old. It started as a city built from tents and now it is a modern city with skyscrapers. 2. 50storey Carlton Centre building is the tallest skyscraper in the African Continent. 3. 40% of gold was found in Johannesburg. Because of this fact the other name of Johannesburg is “Egoli”, the City of Gold. 4. There are 20 000 millionaires in Johannesburg. 5. Population in Johannesburg is about 10,5 millions people consist of Black Africans -76.4%; colored 5.6%; White 12.3%; Indian/Asian 4.9%. From other nationalities there are Brits. Americans, Argentinians, Italian, Greek, German Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and,of course, people from different African countries (Zimbabweans, Zambians, DRC, Mali and many more). Johannesburg is biggest Jewish c...

Subscribe in a reader In Johannesburg everyone is going somewhere. That is because of the busy nature of this city. Everyone is going either to work or heading for a breakdown or recovering from broken promises, or falling in love again. Proves that nothing stays the same. Do you think Johannesburg is like any other city with its tall buildings, a lot of transport, plenty of shops and restaurants, and banks, and all the fuss and stress? Think again! It is never too late to take a holiday. You can go fishing (if you particularly dislike physical activity), or go to a game reserve (if you like photo safari), or to dine in a very nice place, where you can enjoy beautiful view. I decided to go to a game reserve, just 30 minutes away from my place, also in Kromdraai. Rhino&Lion game reserve is not very well known, however not far away from Johannesburg. It is also paired with Wonder Cave. It is amazing how much can change when you are not so far away from city! Just one hour away...

Subscribe in a reader The Best Kept Secret in Johannesburg. I also did not know. This place is just only 20 min from me and 20-30 min from Krugersdorp, or 15 min from very busy Shopping Centre Cradlestone and Silverstar Casino. When you turn on the road towards Forum Homini Hotel and Restaurant (by the way- very good restaurant, gourmet food, and situated in a picturesque setting, but I will tell you all about it in my next post), you are entering Cradle of Humankind world. From this road you can go to Sterkfontein Caves, but today we will go together with you, my reader, to a completely different place. I don’t like to talk too much about places, may be because I am more visual person, and I like to show pictures. However, Google does not like it. Google likes more text in our blogs, that’s why my blog will never be profitable. Because I like pictures more. How you can describe the place, without showing you all the beauty, the colors, and the pure nature? Big city, Like Johann...

Subscribe in a reader Wow! It is this time of the year again. Because the weather is not good, it is cold and windy, no more travelling. Most of Johannesburg residents prefer either to stay at home or to go locally. May be to Oyster Festival at Montecasino. You kill two birds with one stone. Montecasino is pleasant on it’s own and here it’s an Oyster Festival. 6500 oysters must be eaten, plenty of other food and more than 50 different types of wine is waiting for you. Johannesburg today is looking like a 40-something beautiful woman, lived a lot, loved a lot, a bit tired. She woke up in the morning and in need of pain killers or something stronger, may be a joint, and definitely in need of make up. Everything today looks grey, no sun. It is incredibly cold and windy, recent rains brought chill and the air is humid. So, there is nothing else to do, and I decided to go with my friend. She has a tendency to jump on a last train, and it is almost impossible to get her ...