I’ve had the privilege of eating at a lot of nice Joburg restaurants over the years, especially around Melville and the northern suburbs. For some reason, I’ve found that the best restaurants tend to be the ones that are trickiest to find. The best restaurants also tend to put little focus on publicizing themselves (or simply don’t know how to), and hence not many people know about them.
Jozi Top Fives: Walking Tours Edition
I wrote a feature about Joburg walking tours for the February 2015 issue of BA High Life magazine. I’m really excited about the article but you’ll only be able to read the full feature if you’re flying on British Airways in Southern Africa this month.
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My 500th Blog Post: 5 Things I Love and Hate about Joburg
1) What I love about Joburg: The people
Condé Nast
that Johannesburg is the world’s unfriendliest city
Raymond, a street vendor in Newtown.
1) What I hate about Joburg: The traffic
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Jozi Top Fives: Museums and Galleries Edition
This is my 499th blog post, and the third of my celebratory Jozi top five series.
Upon arrival in Johannesburg, nearly every first-time visitor (myself included) goes to the Apartheid Museum. Don’t get me wrong – the Apartheid Museum is fantastic and everyone should go. But there are so many other great museums and galleries in Joburg, many of which are unknown even to locals. Here are my five favorites.
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Jozi Top Fives: The Best Parks in Town
In the second installment of my “top five” series, I present my five favorite parks in Joburg.
An editor once asked me to review a description of Joburg for an expat website. The description said something like, “It’s difficult to spend time outdoors in Johannesburg because there are no safe parks in the city.” I nearly laughed aloud when I read this, as it’s such complete nonsense. There are so many lovely parks in Joburg that I struggled to narrow my choices to five. All of the parks listed here are safe in my opinion, as long as you don’t go alone or at night.