Rental Cars

I was really looking forward to driving in SA when I arrived here. I've never rented a car in another country before and the driving on the left side of the road made it sound more fun. Thrifty Rentals gave us a Renault Megane Scenic five-seater to drive for the first week.

It didn't take much to get used to the right hand drive and left hand shifting. My first drive took me from the airport to Pretoria by freeway and then out to Magaliesburg on a free flowing highway.

As I suggested in an earlier post, I think it is a good idea to wait until after the draw on December 4 to buy plane tickets for the trip. As it currently stands, flights on Delta from Minneapolis to Johannesburg vary as much as $800 depending on departure and return dates. I don't even know if Johannesburg is where I want to be yet, so I'll wait until the groups are determined on the 4th.

I've got a lot of updates in the works and they'll be posting in the next few days. For today, however, I wanted to direct you to a great travel guide put together by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl. There are tons of good bits in there.