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 An African Market by canuck68
If you get into an African Market and it seems as though everyone wants a piece of you, I found (was advised actually) that the best thing to do was to look straight ahead and keep walking. If you make eye contact, then the hard sell really starts. Leave a Comment
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 begging by africaking
If you don't want to give them money, the best thing to do is STATE, "I have no money" and continue walking, if you stop to chat, they have time to work on a good story, of course there are genuine people who struggle, but discretion is yours.
Avoid large groups, no direct contact, by pass them if you wish, you won't always avoid them but most of them are hassle free people. Leave a Comment
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 Swaziland Cultural Village by jenniferhen
I would suggest to go to the Nyani Cultural Village instead, it was less crowded and more enjoyable. And as a bonus, no gift shop :) We also visited the Swazi Cultural village and this was a pretty cool one as well. Leave a Comment
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 Hartbeesport by IIGUANA
Just avoid him, and if he gets in your way, just tell him that you just gave money to another guy for the same fundation. He will show you ID cards and everything, but don't be fooled!!!
Tell him that you came to South Africa to help children and to teach them, as you're an acclaimed teacher at your country and would like to share your knowledge. That's why you're in Harbeespoort, and probably you will see this guy on Monday, at the school, since you'll both be working at the same place. That you'll give him some money there. Leave a Comment
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 logo by africaking
This person is extremely untrustworthy as he had dumped my Grandparents in a foriegn country 230km in the Namibian desert, with no means of transport or any help what so ever, only with the intervention of the pleasant Spoornet rep. they were allowed onto a coach.
He has since been contacted and his reply when contacted by my mother to sort this issue out was " dream on......".
Don't bother with this company, there are plenty of other train safari companies offering this package and better facilities.
http://www.rovos.co.za/
Rovos Rail, is a well established company. Leave a Comment
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 by geanster
It was on the way though so we still stopped, and it wasn't "really" a petting zoo, at least not all of it. :) The cheetah's are wild and you sign your life away before walking in to pet one, which I did, and they had a croc they claimed had killed 12 people in nigeria or something before they caught him. They had a couple of lions and tigers and wild dogs and a hippo. We touched a hippo we could reach and I must say that it was the nastiest thing I've ever felt!! It was cool and clammy and sticky and just incredibly icky. It was firm too, I didn't expect it to feel like that.
There is a snake house and there is a real petting zoo within that has goats, etc. for the kids to play with.
If you are still interested in visiting the ranch...
http://www.cango.co.za/
THE CANGO WILDLIFE RANCH
Tourist Ranch:
P.O. Box 559 ·
Oudtshoorn · 6620 ·
South Africa
Tel: (044) 272-5593 ·
Fax (044) 272-4167 ·
Intl. Dialing Code: +27 44
E-mail: cango@kingsley.co.za Leave a Comment
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 The beautiful view of
Tafelberg at the Waterfront by ronaldpk
However, it's good spot to do your groceries on Sunday at Pick'n'Pay supermarket as everything else is closed. It's also good to get your cash from ATM as it's safe and open on Sundays. Leave a Comment
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Back home from South Africa I was surprised to find hundreds of euros on the outprint of my visa expenses, that I had actually not spent. I was suprised because I never lost my card out of sight, I always had it on me, even at night...
The only moment I did not see what happened to it was in a busstation where they took it behind the counter for some minutes... It is hard to believe but it must have happened then... The socalled "proof" of y expenses (that you can demand from visa in case of doubt) showed an imprint of my card (which was not signed or anything!!) and lose (!) from that a receipt with an amount of money spent in a garage, and a signature that was not mine. Visa told me that I was responsible for this because "I should never let the card get out of my sight (!!) but finally agreed to refund after I kept on arguing that the socalled "proof" was no proof at all of ME having spent something and... that I would write about it...
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 Suprise - Hands Up by cokes
Have a Look so that you are not caught by suprise. Leave a Comment
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 Pilgrim's Rest by Bwana_BrownLeave a Comment
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