South Africa 2008 – Cape Town
It was a smooth flight from Livingstone to Johannesburg from and then on to Cape Town. It was very relaxing to get to the Cape Grace Hotel, and quite a contrast to the Victoria Falls Hotel. Cape Town is a beautiful city, especially on the harbor. There are more shops and restaurants than you could […]
South Africa 2008 – Victoria Falls
If there is a “must see” in South Africa it would be Victoria Falls. My bottom line would be that if you go there to make it a day trip and be sure to fly directly to the Victoria Falls airport. The way we made the trip turned out to very complicated. Just like Niagara […]
South Africa 2008 – MalaMala
The most interesting part of MalaMala is seeing the animals but I was also interested in the aviation aspects of the trip. We headed to MalaMala from Johannesburg aboard a 29 passenger Jetstream 41 regional turboprop airliner which is made by British Aerospace. Their were two pilots, a flight attendant, and six passengers. I don’t […]
South Africa 2008 – Infrastructure
We met Matimba Mbungela at Moyo’s for dinner. It was pleasantly warm at the table outside. It was the first time I had my face painted and the first time I had eaten oxtail. At the end of the evening there was another first. Matimba insisted on picking up the tab. The server came to […]
South Africa 2008 – Johannesburg
The South African Airways flight to Dakar, Senegal on the northwest coast of Africa was approximately 4.000 miles and took about seven and a half hours. It was the half-way point on the journey to Johannesburg. From door to door it took just about 24 hours to get to the D’Oreale Grande at Emperors Palace […]