Roof going on
At the Gautrain Braamfontein Terminus, construction workers are starting to put the roof onto the stations entrance. I wonder how soon this station will be added to Foursquare?
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Gautrain Bus Service
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“Gautraining” on a blue Monday
Yesterday was a chilly, but beautifully, blue Monday. The day we decided to take our first trip on the Gautrain, which has been in operation for the last few months. Myself, and 15 other family members met up at the Sandton station. It was the end of the long weekend and many people seemed to [...]
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Gautrain station photo synth (3d image composite)
Below is a very “rough and ready” photosynth of the Gautrain station platform in Sandton. It was created from 35 photos taken handheld on my Blackberry Bold 9000 (without flash) the other day while waiting 10m for the train to arrive. The synth was put together with Microsoft Image Composite Editor (MS ICE) and the [...]
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Gautrain! Awesome
I was in Jo’burg on business yesterday, it was fun. I got to catch the Gautrain from the airport and back! Boy was I impressed. It was clean, fast and efficient. It was worth flying up there just to catch the train. My only problem…. the escalators at the Sandton station! Holy cow they have [...]
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Midday Braamfontein
I got a call today from Carol saying that Telkom has been round and our phone is now up and running. I better check tonight if the DSL is also working. Wow over a month without internet. Not good. Today’s photo is of the construction work progress of the Gautrain Braamfontein Terminus in the midday [...]
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Gautrain Ride
I will try post all images that I have never posted before my camera broke and will in days to come post pics I took on the day when the camera broke. This pic was taken a few days before the Sandton station of the Gautrain opened to welcome 2010 FIFA World Cup visitors. I [...]
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Our Sunday adventure – a ride on the Gautrain





















