Hello, I`m actually living in Zambia. I`ll be leaving Zambia soon and I`ll be transiting through South Africa(Johannesburg). I bought an electric guitar(with fly case) in France in August and I want to bring it with me to the country i`m going to safely…And as almost everyone in Africa knows, if you put anything valuable [...]
So I’m flying from Newark to Johannesburg via London in a week and will have about a 14 hour layover since my flight from Newark arrives at about 6 AM and my flight to JNB departs at about 9:15 PM. I definitely plan on visiting London while I’m there and will love to do some [...]
I’m traveling to South Africa this weekend and just found out that my Blackberry through Verizon will not be able to work. Are there any prepaid/rental cellphones I can get in the states before I hop on my flight out there so I have some sort of communication? Or is my best bet to rent/buy [...]
I’m traveling to South Africa for the World Cup next year and I’ll purchase my ticket in 3 separate legs (itineraries). FF Miles from USA-Lisbon, Portugal; Lisbon-Cairo, Egypt and I’ve yet to purchase the third leg from Cairo to Johannesburg, SA. I’m concerned because a lot of the tickets I’m looking at from Cairo want [...]
This is amazing. Well, no consolation, since all Indian cities are dirty, be it Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, or any other. For comparison, I am giving a list of few cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 1. Lahore 2. Karachi 3. Jakarta 4. Tehran 5. Kuala Lampur 6. Riyadh 7. Johannesburg 8. Durban [...]
I live in the US, and have seen 37 states, 3 quarters of Europe (Cities: London, Birmingham, Marseilles, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Dublin, Ghent (Belgium), Brussels, Athens, Vienna, and Zurich to name a few) About half of Asia, which is a big continent! (Cities:Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Chennai (Madras), Mumbai [...]
Hi. I’m currently in Johannesburg on holiday, and will be traveling to Cape Town tomorrow afternoon for two weeks. I’ve already posted a separate question asking about things to do on Christmas Day and New Years day, as I will be there for both, but I felt that this constituted a separate question. What are [...]
I am traveling to Cape Town & Johannesburg in South Africa and want to charge/plug in a digital camera, laptop, and curling iron. The laptop is grounded, but I do have a 3 prong to 2 prong converter. What type of outlet is used in these cities/this country? What type of converter/adapter do I need [...]
I’m probably starting medical school in Fall, 2011 and wanted to backpack in Africa the summer before. Ideally, I would like to start from Johannesburg and end up in N. Spain. I will be doing this on as cheap of a budget as I can and was wondering if someone could give me ranges of [...]
This was yesterday’s news: Terror-reeling India and South Africa have something in common: both are rated as one of the world’s 20 most dangerous countries. Backed by travel advice issued by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London’s The Telegraph newspaper has placed South Africa alongside Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Haiti, Eritrea, [...]
Im flying from Seattle, US to Johannesburg South Africa next february. I’m going to be in Johannesburg for 5 weeks, but on the way there I want to stop somewhere else for a few days (while I’m on that side of the world). Where would you go if you could go anywhere? (keeping in mind [...]
I’m coming to South Africa for my second time and I plan to visit the surrounding countries, and naturally all roads lead to and from Johannesburg. I’m wondering how safe bus lines like Intercape are (they travel during night hours). The alternative is flying. I felt very safe with very professional South African Airways last [...]
