Sun City

For the Labor Day holiday weekend, we took a little trip to Sun City, South Africa). Located just across the border, it's a fairly easy 3 hour drive from Gaborone. It's very much like Las Vegas or Disney (without people dressed in animal costumes, although one large baboon we saw could have been a person dressed in a baboon suit).

We were quite fortunate to be able to stay at the Palace of the Lost City which has a made up legend, fabulous customer service, and totally over the top motif. Bascially, Sun City was built in a vast wasteland (similar to Vegas, really) so it is really incredible what is there.

Entrance to The Palace:

The Crystal Court (main restaurant in The Palace):

Debra was somewhat concerned about the brush fires on the trip to Sun City and burning the hill just behind the hotel.

This is the fire line on the hill at night:

This is the hill the next day:

Thom was not so worrried and believes it is just the local practice of clearing the underbrush every year. Fortunately Thom was not entirely wrong about this and we were not burned down in the hotel or worse yet, made to evacuate in the middle of the night.

Another hazard of the hotel would be the monkeys. We saw only a few but the warning signs are quite worrisome.

Sign going from the hotel to the pool:

Sign on the bedroom balacony door:

Click here for more photos of our Sun City excursion.