Thursday, June 26, 2008

Joburg Highlights

Nelson Mandela's house in Houghton (super swanky suburb of Joburg)
Signs of apartheid still linger in downtown Joburg...
Soweto - famous township of Johannesburg where much of apartheid's history can be seen...
Hector Pieterson Memorial (first to be killed in Soweto uprisings of 1976 - at 13 years old)
Vilakazi Street - where Mandela, Tutu both lived and Pieterson was shot at Orlando West High School
Bowling Club (that would be British lawn bowling, Cecil Rhodes style...). I've never been more smokey smelling in my life.
Chris! Thanks for being a super fantabulous host!

And save me a bed for 2010 - I'm coming back in 715 days (or less!)

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