@Jacqui 152886 wrote:
Well I seem to be in a win win situation here
I live in Sydney however i am a born and bred Cape Townian!!
I think when considering a destination like South Africa you need to think carefully about the following issues:
1. There is a definite lack of safe public transport –
2. Not the safest destination –Dont get me wrong – Cape Town in my opinion is the most beautiful city in the world! AND i am always happy for an excuse to visit my home town!!!
The trip to Oz is tiring – I travel to the US, UK and Europe several times a year and I have found that a little tequila and red bull can sort you out!!!
Apart from this stuff, I would like to add that in Australia you don’t have to be as careful as say Europe watching your bags etc for pickpockets – i can pretty confidently say we don’t have them.. Our public transport is probably the safest in the world.. an every day person doesn’t have a gun. And compared to somewhere like Europe, stuff is pretty cheap here.
EG. I paid 11 euro for a diet coke in France… (about $19AUD) For the same size diet coke here Ill pay about $2 MAX… thats about 1 euro.
A hotel room in Sydney on the harbour will cost you about $250-300AUD per night. And thats with a Harbour view… much cheaper without a harbour view.
I could go on and on… The flight would have to be the part that sux the most, but I agree with a couple of others that it will give the Aussies who don’t get to go to the conferences a chance to be at one. And it will also give a chance to the rest of the world to be the ones with Jetlag for a change :tongue: