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Would you like some carnival with your new year?
1 January 2009
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Apparently in its fifth year, the last day of the old year saw the now traditional street carnival in downtown Johannesburg. Expecting something akin to Asakusa Samba which I enjoyed earlier this year in Japan, I was full of expectation.
As with many South African events, promotion was abysmal. This meant it was hard to get an idea of the route the parade would follow. However, through interpolation and my superb (ahem) knowledge of Jo'burg, I figured that if I'd park my car at the Civic theater, I'd be able to walk and enjoy the parade.
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Twice "Thank You"
26 December 2008
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What do you give someone who allows you to stay at their place at no cost? Exactly.
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Animals and web hosting
26 December 2008
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On Friday, after having a drink at the next door restaurant Picola, Stevan and I were invited over to the house of one of Stevan's friends. All well and good, until, when we got there, it was obvious she had had quite a few drinks too many. We were forced to sing and dance to old ABBA tunes played through a TV set.
The day after, Rouzeh and I drove over to Hartbeespoortdam to visit the Aquarium. Actually more of a bird sanctuary, the aquariums with all sorts of fish are the least interesting. We had to share the 3pm show with all other visitors. That is, none.
The start of the show was at a compound with two seals. One, Polly, had had an operation to remove a dead f... read more
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Happy holidays 2008/9
23 December 2008
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It's that time of the year again, as you probably have noticed.
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The Travels of Ibn Battuta in the Near East, Asia and Africa 1325 - 1354
18 December 2008
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I've been wanting to read anything by Battuta for ages. Battuta, living in the 14th century, is best known as a traveler and explorer, who, in a period of some 30 years, covered around 117,000 km. He visited most of the Islamic world as well as a series of other countries, including parts of North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, the Middle East, Indian subcontinent, Central Asia,Southeast Asia and China in the East. A distance surpassing that of his predecessor and near-contemporary Marco Polo. If Battuta would be making his journey today, he'd be visiting around 44 countries.
Indeed, it's surprising that 30 years of travel can be captured in a mere 240 pages. And that's including notes by the tran... read more
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Quizing, movies and more games
18 December 2008
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Before going to a free showing of The Day the Earth Stood Still at Montecasino on Thursday, I did my workout at Virgin Fourways. There, I ran into personal trainer Steven who convinced me to join in the 30 minute ab attack. It's listed on the schedule with three sweat drops next to it, which indicates it's pretty tough.
It was. I nearly died. Well. I felt my abs for days afterwards.
Afterwards, first splurging on nuts, milk, fish and a health bar, all to get the proteins flowing again, I stumbled over to the casino where, on the main square, Kurt Darren was singing Christmas carols for charity. It was packed.
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Travel and travel websites
14 December 2008
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With the recent death/hibernation of Travelhog.net, where all working travelogues were moved to oneview, I haven't stopped being interested in travel nor travel websites.
Recently, a friend alerted me to the Dutch site vakantiegangers.nl, which is a slick looking travel-centered social networking website, where you can log your travels, add photos, also from photo sharing websites, and share trips with other members traveling with you. So, in effect, vakantiegangers.nl is something of a collaborative travelogue platform. This has potential though I think the... read more
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Comments
- MastaBaba commented to Would you like some carnival with your new year? on 5 January 2009.
- Bad C commented to Going to see the Cape on 5 January 2009.
- MastaBaba commented to Going to see the Cape on 5 January 2009.
- Rouzeh commented to Would you like some carnival with your new year? on 4 January 2009.
- wow gold commented to Happy New Year! on 29 December 2008.
- cheap wow gold commented to Happy holidays 2008/9 on 29 December 2008.
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