SA to SA » greg http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa Judy and Gregs travels through Southern Africa Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Videos http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/2015/02/08/videos/ http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/2015/02/08/videos/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2015 16:24:16 +0000 http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/?p=272 Because we have had poor internet we have not been able to upload videos until now. Here are a few:

Driving through Botswana near the South African border. We thought the potholes were bad, but they got much , much worse on the South African side

 

 

 

 

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Some of the many sellers selling things at traffic lights
Shopping at Checkers Hypermarket. Lots of people to pack your groceries.
Shopping at Checkers Hypermarket. Lots of people to pack your groceries.
Camped at rustenburg kloof holiday resort
Camped at rustenburg kloof holiday resort

]]> http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/2015/01/20/rustenburg/feed/ 2 South Africa power plugs http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/2015/01/18/south-africa-power-plugs/ http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/2015/01/18/south-africa-power-plugs/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:31:20 +0000 http://gregspurgin.net/sa-to-sa/?p=20 Continue reading South Africa power plugs →]]> South African earthed 240v power plugs are a wonder to behold, they are huge. We brought adapters for South Africa, but when we travel we often go to a local hardware and buy a couple of local plugs and wire up a couple of items with the local plugs. It makes it easier if you have lots of appliances and only a couple of adapters.

So we bought two South African plugs (at Crazy Plastics near the hotel in Joberg) and wired them in, here is one wired in next to a standard Australian plug:

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