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Posts Tagged ‘Gold Reef City’

I forgot my three prong plug adapter and almost plugged my Mac into a wall outlet, sure to be a shocking experience. Since the World Cup will be played here in South Africa, best to get both adaptors and reservations to any of the Johannesburg boutique hotels and to get a few Rand, the currency of the South Africa nation. We thought we would see something different and after asking around mainly at the bar outside our hotel for leads on what to do from the locals a big cheer went up for the Gold Reef City. “A theme park?” I asked in incredulity. Somehow, I wanted to go see lions at the Rhino and Lion Nature Preserve. Somehow roller coasters seemed less than the top of the tourist list, but I was beginning to be won over by this rag tag collection of South Africans who were hooting to a rugby match on the video above the bar. Just once I would like to go into a bar in the States or here that  does not have a ding dang television blaring. Anyway, off the soap box and after a couple beers this Gold Reef City was starting to sound like a good idea. they have a theme park, plus they have a casino. who does not have a casino these days. I remember when the only gambling you could do was in Las Vegas, and it was kind of forbidden and exclusive. Now it is in your backyard half the time and and just seems, well, blase, at least to me. As for Gold Reef City though, it is also is considered a historical theme park. It seems, said the bearded bloke explaining to me excitedly, you go down a into a mine shaft, like way way down into the earth, and see how they used to mine for gold. He says it is pretty cool, to be way down there.