A Day in Johannesburg
PHOTOS : JOHANNESBURG
We landed in Johannesburg airport to the accompaniment of a thousand vuvuzelas. As South Africa prepared for the World Cup– these vuvuzelas were South Africa’s hope & secret weapon. As one local person pointed out, their strategy is to blast out these vuvuzelas so that the Europeans will be too baffled to play well. As each flight landed and fans disembarked from the plane, the uproar started all over again with everyone singing their own football anthems. Amidst the pandemonium, our guide Amos waited for us at the gate. We had booked a day tour of Johannesburg city through Wilro Travels (recommend it) and they had promised to send us a guide for the day. Amos was a soft spoken rotund guy and seemed like an oasis of calm after the chaos of the airport. He quickly shepherded all of us to the car, loaded our luggage in the boot and immediately launched into tour guide mode telling us about the city and the places we were going to see. Continue Reading »
