Sterkfontein caves – Johannesburg

 SOUTH AFRICA 


1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)


In my last post I took you to the Lion Park, this time I will take you to the place which is not only a tourist place but also one can find the combination of history and scientific evidences of human civilization. 

Sterkfontein caves are situated at the “Cradle of human kind – Maropeng” . “ Maropeng “ means “returning to place of origin” . Fossils discovered here are 03 million years old so it is considered to be the birth of Humanity.

Lion Park – Johannesburg

 SOUTH AFRICA 


1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)


Next three days were busy with meetings, last day meeting was over around at 4.00 PM .We were back to our rooms. We dumped our stuff, changed clothes and left to explore the hotel before to have our dinner.

Next day our flight was at 10.30 PM as per South African time, so we were having almost one full day to explore Johannesburg.

We planned our visit in this way that after our breakfast, we would leave hotel along with luggage. On the way to the Airport we would visit Lion Park , Sterkfontein cave & have Johannesburg city tour which was supposed to be finished by 6.00 PM. And after that we could reach Airport by 7 – 7.30 PM.

As per our plan we left the hotel at 8.30 PM for Lion Park. After a drive of half an hour we reached Lion Park.

Entrance – Lion Park

Revisit to Johannesburg

 SOUTH AFRICA 

1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)


Last year when I visited Johannesburg in July 2011 , it was extremely cold & when I got chance to re-visit in Feb 2012 , I was knowing it was very hot. I was not much so excited as I was last time. It was official meeting so there was no chance to skip the tour.
As there is no direct flight for Johannesburg from Delhi so same way like last time we booked our tickets by “Emirates” from Delhi – Dubai – Johannesburg.

Delhi Airport

Wonder Cave & Apartheid Museum – Johannesburg (South Africa)

 SOUTH AFRICA 


1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)


The Wonder Cave is situated at cradle of Humankind, World Heritage site (inside Lion Park).
The wonder cave is the third largest natural cave in the country & is believed to be about 2200 million years old. It was rediscovered in the late 19th century by miners who dynamited and excavated limestone for the making of cement.

The cave is 125 meters long, 54 wide & 60 meters deep.

Wonder cave 

Rhino & Lion Park – Johannesburg ( South Africa)

 SOUTH AFRICA 

1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)



I got an opportunity to visit Johannesburg to attend an official meeting. As there is no direct flight for Johannesburg from Delhi, we got the tickets booked with “Emirates” from Delhi to Dubai & then Dubai to Johannesburg.

Johannesburg - South Africa

An Evening in Haji Ali Dargah - Mumbai

I was on my official trip to Mumbai & Pune from 06.07.09 to 10.07.09.Altough I have frequent visits to Mumabi but could not manage to visit HAJI ALI DARGAH due to the busy schedule. This time I decided that I would stay in Dadar instead to New Mumbai –Vashi so that I can manage to visit Dargah.

On 6th july itself during my working , I was going to Jaslok Hospital (Pedder Road) from Tata Memorial Hospital (Parel) with my colleagues, one of my Mumbai colleagues showed me the Haji Ali Dargah while crossing the worli link but unfortunately I was not able to visit that time due to the prior fixed appointment.

Haji Ali 

Patna Sahib – Harmander Sahib

Bihar


1. PATNA
2. Patna Sahib  


Takht Patna Sahib also known as Harmander Sahib is one of the five Takhts of Sikh. The Takht means “seat of power or throne of Authority”. These five Takhts are AKAL TAKHT – Amritsar (Punjab), KESHGARH SAHIB – Anandpur (Punjab), PATNA SAHIB – Patna (Bihar), HAZUR SAHIB – Nanded (Maharastra), DAM DAMA SAHIB – Talwandi , Bhatinda (Punjab).
Two of five Takhts are located out side Punjab.These are PATNA SAHIB – Patna (Bihar), HAZUR SAHIB – Nanded (Maharastra).

Other than these there are hundreds of Gurdwaras all over India & out side India. “ Gurdwara” means Guru’s home. It is Sikh’s place of Worship.

PATNA SAHIB