South Africa Map for Johannesburg and Pretoria
Pretoria is the very pretty capital of South Africa. Actually, one of the capitals - South Africa has an Administrative or Executive Capital (Pretoria), a Legislative Capital (Cape Town), and a Judicial Capital (Bloemfontein). However, Pretoria is the main capital. There has been some movement to renaming the city Tshwane, but this seems not to have been completed, so for the moment, the city remains known as Pretoria.
I've divided up the non-urban photos in the north of South Africa. approximately equally between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Included here is our drive out of Pretoria northwards, photos of the Drakensberg range. I've also included photos of a bar inside a living tree!
Many thanks to Jim for scanning all these photos and sending them to me.
Photo List (Total 60 Photos)
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Pretoria City (26 photos) - We arrived in Pretoria at the right time of the year, as the jacarandas which the city is known for were in full bloom. It made for a gorgeous town. Pretoria is so close to Johannesburg that they are almost a single city - about the same distance between Toronto and Hamilton.
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Mpumalanga Province (28 photos) - As we drove out of Pretoria, into what we imagined in some way were the wilds of Africa, our first impression was that the landscape looked an awful lot like southern Ontario. That changed, though, as the soil turned red, and we drove through the dramatic Drakensberg escarpment. Lots of waterfalls and interesting natural formations.
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Bob imbibing beer in a baobob (6 photos) - My friend Mary told me about a place in the countryside where a bar actually existing inside of a living tree. The place was on a farm north of Pretoria, and we were able to find it. Upon our arrival the owners opened it up, and did in fact serve us beer, which we drank inside this tree. The experience was fascinating.
