Likes

What i like so far:

-friendly people... (of course someone pointed out to me rightly, that most of the people i've met are paid to be nice to me...)

-nice front desk agent...he pretty much plays the role of front desk and concierge. knows everything/everyone, and keeps smiling when i ask about 12 questions at once.

-very very firm bed...i mean really firm.

-accents...im a sucker

-soccer...yes, they call it soccer, not football or futbol, but everyone's crazy about it.

-indian south african guy from durban...met this random guy while having lunch at the hotel yesterday. awesome person. apparently was very involved in the apartheid struggle; still very sensitive to all the issues, as is the entire country. no kidding. if u think the US has race issues, come to SA and its starkingly much more obvious (beginning to trend to social class issues, but even that is centered around race). had a very good convo with him and apparently he know a lot of people in the consulting world and generally in sa. he may not know it yet, but i'll def be hitting him up sometime for random info...

seems like a short list, but i really do like this place so far. worries include fidning a place (the lady i just called said there was nothing available :o), finding a bank, finding a car, finding people to do a safari tour with me, going on a safari to kruger, and watching my back...u know, the usual stuff. till next time.