Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

Jo'burg

This museum is not something anyone should hurry through. Enjoy the (2000+) photos, discuss some of the ones that appeal to you. Did you discover the other name for Johannesburg and what is it?

Jo'burg, Jozi, Egoli, three nicknames for Johannesburg. Egoli=The City of Gold or Golden Reef City. There is only one word for The Resident Boutique Hotel, well maybe two; homey or cozy.

I find a need for rest in the Resident Boutique because of my Johannesburg travels. After a drive around the waterfall city project I landed in the Apartheid Museum. I liked these quotes I found in the museum: "Humanity was born in Africa all people are ultimately African." "Something inside would not let me compromise." The entire Bill of Rights should be published around the world because it is so expressive of the inner desires of people. I also liked the political cartoon exhibit. The museum is going to be relevant over the years as a new generation seeks knowledge of its heritage.

Another museum that caught my eye is the Origins Centre Museum. It combines scientific facts with cultural heritage and history of many subjects. There are dinosaur facts and parts, DNA exhibits including skeletons, bones, and skulls. Historical facts of periods in earth times, ancient Art, and culture crafts.

The Wartrail panel is a painted lab of rock depicting figures to analyze. It leads the visitor to wall stories of mental out of body experiences that may have been depicted in the artwork.

I could not let it go here I had to work in a Pilanesberg National Park safari. We rode in an open air vehicle that looked like a truck, but sounded like a tractor. Actually, the tractor sound was comforting. More powerful than a regular vehicle I hope. It was with the Bakgatla Safari group. We saw lions, zebras, giraffe, a very large monitor lizard walking in the roadway warthog traveling in a group, white rhino, and elephants at a waterhole.

The elephants were so large up close. Some were off to the side grazing. In all it was a day filled with knowledge gathering. The Safari guides dropped me at the Boutique at 9 p.m. and I'm hungry for food. We had a lunch with the safari, but that was quite awhile ago.