Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Next Stop Pretoria afternoon/evening - VoorTrekker Monument at the top of the hill

After setting off from the Botanical Garden with Mike - my cab driver, I went to the Hadfields Gautrain Station and took a straight train to Pretoria Gautrain Station. Arriving at the station I asked for different mode of transportation towards Durban as it was my next stop and showed various transport agencies - Luxury Bus (Intercape, Greyhound, etc) and Shosholoza Meyl that travels around the south Africa's top destinations. The most unique thing I noticed was that the trains take longer to travel then the buses as they stop very often. The best option was for me to take a  luxury bus to Durban and be on the coach for 8 hours opposite to 16 hours on a train. After buying a ticket with Intercape, I went to get a taxi which is a nightmare in Taxi station as everyone wants you to use their taxis. Finally after spending a bit of more money, I reached my next destination - Voortrekkers Monument. Voortrekkers were Dutch and Afrikaans alike group of people that trekked from the cape colonies to South Africa and dealt with the English men, the Zulus and were finally dealt with the British rule and were allowed to stay in the country. They are people alike the Gypsies and were treated the same as the Gypsies were in early days. Take a look at the Voortrekers Monument that was build the architect Gerard Moerdijk which symbolizes the courage of women and children during the war of blood river and other wars that they had to fight.  

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