Two things remained for us to do on our final day . . Touring the Southwest Township about which we had heard so much and seeing Johannesburg itself . . The first part, the Soweto visit, confirmed the extent of the indigenous South African native population . . The Township itself wasn’t as bad as other areas of widespread poverty that we’ve seen. While we don’t profess to know all the reasons for or the answers to Soweto, it exists. Here one story, one room houses predominated; there was electric power; water did not seem to be a problem. Can the same be said for New Delhi, Caracas, or Bangkok?

     Our middle row photos show Mom and son street corner marketeers – Concertina wire and chained gates and full store-front shutters throughout downtown Johannesburg – a postcard view of modern J-Burg showing the predominant Xxxxxxxxx building – and four members of our group viewing the city from the building’s fifty-second floor.

     What did they see? A murky J-burg on that particular day . . No tour group after action report would be complete without at least one Flea Market photo and this group photograph of ten of us in front of an Indian market is it! . . Back to the Holiday Inn Garden Court to pack for the trip home . . Lou and Janet Daukas and Skip and Gloria Greene are shown awaiting their boarding call and there’s the Feb. 20 ticket stub to JFK on SAA Flight #201.