Gauteng52 (Category) - 55 posts

I recently visited Aranda Blankets, the factory on Johannesburg's West Rand where Basotho Blankets are made. It took all my willpower not to buy one.

The Tswaing Crater, on the border of Gauteng and Northwest Provinces, is the site of a 220,000-year-old meteor impact and is now a nature reserve.

The James Hall Transport Museum was surprisingly interesting and fun to visit, despite the fact that I have no interest in cars. Plus it's free.

The Roodepoort Museum won't make the list of Joburg's top tourist attractions. And yet it's the epitome of Joburg quirkiness -- interesting and unexpected.

Old-school video stores still exist in Joburg. The Majestic video store in Greenside is the best spot in town for documentaries and South African films.

My review of Glory, a quirky new chicken restaurant on Melville's 7th Street. This restaurant is disorderly but delicious.

Joburg's downtown neighborhood of New Doornfontein is becoming a mecca for art and design lovers. I had a look around Ellis House and loved what I saw.

Every year in March, the green field of Delta Park explode with pink and white cosmos flowers. This is the South African version of autumn leaves.

The Box Shop, a box-shaped shopping center and coffee shop on Vilakazi Street, is a fun Soweto hangout for locals and tourists alike.

Chocoloza, a small shop in 44 Stanley, sells delectable Belgian-style chocolates and and chocolate drinks. You won't find better chocolate in Joburg.

I visited the 150-year-old Melrose Temple for Thai Poosam Kavady. The temple is modest, but the festival is a kaleidoscope of sights, smells and sounds.

I visited Field Berry Farm, a raspberry farm in Joburg South. The raspberries were great and so was Lungi, the farm's proprietress.