Thursday 6 June Johannesburg

Arrived 4:30 am after flight from Sydney via Perth. Met & taken to African Rock Hotel. Amazingly our room was available and we were able to shower and nap before going on a 4 hr tour of Soweto.
Some familiar brand names from way back in time:


Smiling faces greeted us at Freedom Square where the post apartheid era was celebrated.



The Soweto Hotel doesn’t appear to be used as a hotel any more.


View over shanty town. Preferred roof fixing is by brick. About 1.3 M people live in Soweto but our guide suggested it was a lot more.







Novel repurposing of cooling towers as a bungee jumping facility.


































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