Gotta Love Joburg
excuse me being sentimental, but I happen to really dig the city I live in (at least when I’m not travelling): Johannesburg, South Africa.
Here’s my story today: It was an horrific landing, right into the heart of a Joburg thunderstorm, late this afternoon. Rain thudded down on the roof of the Joburg International airport carpark as I trekked to my car. I could hardly hear myself think as I drove out into the storm. Then, just as I crested the hill at the Barbara Road offramp on the R24, the rain cleared (or had been left behind), and there in front of me was as stunning an African sunset as you could wish to see, perfectly silhouetting Africa’s greatest city. The attached photo hardly does justice to scene that forced me to stop, pull over and grab the digital camera that was in my boot. This is Joburg as I always want to remember her.
There’s a lot of muck we still need to sort out in this city, but it has serious potential, and it gets into your soul!
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Graeme – your stunning photograph captures Jozi’s soul perfectly.
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