Tokyo
What a city! We are out of words. How is it possible to fit nearly 14 million people in this city and still leave it this clean?! Beats me! Whoever planned the city’s infrastructure must have been a genius to be able to make this work in such a great manner. On saturday night we went out walking, and the city was so calm and quiet. The next few days we went out to see the electric center, Sun City, the Zoo, the Imperial Palace gardens, and Ginza. Continue reading
Gloria made our stay in Johannesburg very nice. Thank you sooo much – miss you already!
On the evening of the 28th of July we left Johannesburg to go to Tokyo in Japan. We had a loooong journey in front of us. We spent altogether 18 hours in the air, only changing planes in Doha, Qatar. Arriving Tokyo was a breathtaking experience. As we arrived late in the evening, we watched the city grow bigger and bigger under the plane until we landed. The city looked like a billion stars… The following days we were about to discover a beautiful, diverse, clean, funny, well organized, low crime, interesting and amazing city with polite, helpful and nice people. Among many other things, we saw Supermario and his friends drive peacefully through the center of Tokyo one saturday morning. We all just loved the city from day one. 🙂 Continue reading
Pretoria nearby the Union buildings
We also managed to visit Pretoria nearby Johannesburg – a very nice city. The parks were beautiful as well. Continue reading
Downtown Joburg, South Africa
Before coming here we were advised to be careful both by people we had met and the internet about safety issues in this town. We have found Joburg to be quite nice and overcoming as long as you stay in the center or visit different places with guides that know the city well. The statue of Gandhi in the very center was a big and positive surprise to me. What a guy! 🙂 Going to Soweto and Pretoria were two other highlights while staying in Johannesburg. The contrasts were enormous between the poor and the rich people and areas in this town. Visiting the Apartheid Museum was magnificent. In addition – the artistic area in Joburg was a very nice place to visit as well as the amusement park “Gold reef city”. Continue reading
Saying goodbye to Ellen and Pauline in Bulawayo… We will miss you both!
Today we were lucky enough to get our e-mail started… We discovered that we had got an e-mail from Air Zimbabwe the evening before that told us that our flight was cancelled and replaced by another – only 3 hours earlier than planned. We had to hurry get a taxi and get as fast as possible to the airport. Long story short – we made it – and we ended up in Johannesburg in the afternoon. South-Africa – here we come! Continue reading
Bulawayo townhall
For two whole days we are learning about Bulawayo and the history of Zimbabwe. There are about 2 million people living in this town, maybe more. The city center is well-organized with broad roads and fancy boutiques. The people are very friendly and polite. The official currency is american dollars and all we have met speak English. The weather has been quite varm during daytime, but cold (down to 5 degrees) during nights. There are beautiful parks in the outskirts of the city center and the food is excellent. We are having a great time! Continue reading
Walking over the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe
We started our day eating a late breakfast and relaxing in Livingstone. We then took a taxi to the border to Zimbabwe (nearby Victoria Falls). We walked over the bridge and border to Zimbabwe with our backpacks and other luggage. We then spent a day in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. In the evening we took the night train to Bulawayo in the middle of Zimbabwe. The following day we relaxed walking the streets in the outskirts of Bulawayo nearby the villa we rented for three nights.
Victoria falls in double rainbows
We were sooooo looking forward to visiting Victoria falls. Emeric Philip decided he wanted to bungee jump as well. I am impressed he dared to do it… For two days we ate lunch in Livingstone center and went into a museum as well – we had a smashing time! During nighttime we ate dinner in the center before returning home to the lodge.
Emeric is bungee jumping in Victoria falls
The whole family is walking into the rainbow…
Luna Noor and Ole Martin is nearly taking a swim…
After a lazy and wonderful morning and breakfast at Radisson Blue in Lusaka, we entered the bus to go to Livingstone (Victoria Falls). The trip took us about 6 hours and we were happy to reach our next destination, Livingstone. Continue reading
Emeric Philip in Buddha position in the morning on the train… He was quite cold.
Worldwide Family Tour 