Thursday 3^rd July, 2014……transfer this morning from Sun City to Joberg….we learned that Sun City built in 1974 for the Casino as gambling illegal in South Africa then, thus the distance out of Joberg then in 1994 when gambling legalised they expanded the place to what it is today…the Vegas of South Africa…..leaving Sun City  the area is very dry in fact some areas reminded us of the Serengeti….tribal lands and nothing much happening…shanty towns and villages and every stop sign had someone selling something and they were standing in the middle of the road…all our car doors locked….the moment you move in a car here you lock the car doors….our driver took us back to Joberg via the back roads so it was more interesting than the motorways…and still our journey took about 2 ½ hours….lots of burned grass areas which I asked if they were controlled burn offs but apparently the locals just light fires anywhere here…very little policing of things so it seems here and  so much corruption but what we have noticed most of all is that the people are not very friendly…nothing like the friendliness of the countries we have been in so far…..our driver told us of all the security he has to have to live with  here and on this road last week they decided to burn a Coco Cola truck and he had to turn back and find another route to Joberg….he volunteered this info when we remarked about some of the pot holes in the road but he said people are always lighting fires….we passed the Lonmin Mine and the area where all those miners were shot in 2011…remember, they repeatedly showed that on TV…I can still remember it….very sad and to see all the tin shacks the people still live in outside the fenced area of the mine….then we drove by a big reservoir area where all the sewerage from Joberg is being processed and then used for irrigation….but the flash homes built on the land overlooking the reservoir blew us away…the driver said the area is smelly too but the rich choose to live here and overlook the water (we didn’t put the car window down to check it out though)…..interesting village in that area though and there were some very nice homes and guest houses….lots of sunflowers being grown and a Pukekohe vege type area too but all with irrigation as it really is very dry here….the usual markets on the road side which are illegal here but people still do it….the suberb of Sandton that our hotel is in in Joberg not too bad….1 star hotel…shoe box but clean….then we walked to the local shops…went to a bank to change money and oh the security…we ended up in a cubicle, so hot, and so many papers to sign all to change a bit of $US cash…went to a supermarket to buy supplies….food seems reasonably priced…they say to get taxi to go out for dinner tonight so we have bought food to stay in…it will be dinner tonight and breki in the morning in our room…down to the basics now….it was a typical shopping mall we went to and all the locals seemed to be going about things normally without big security worries….tomorrow morning we are doing a tour of Soweto before we leave on safari on the 5^th July at 6.30 am….M & F.