Flights from
South Africa to London
You want to get on the cheapest flight from South Africa to London. The way to make sure that you get on the cheapest flight from South Africa to London is to:
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type your flight details into the flight price comparison engine and see what airfare it spits out
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check the airfare of every airline flying from South Africa to London, by navigating to your flight route (if you're in a hurry then check British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, SAA, KLM, Air France
& Emirates).
To get from other parts of South Africa to London, first fly to Johannesburg (or fly to Cape Town), and then connect onto a flight to London.
Time zones
The time difference between South Africa and the UK varies from being 1 hour ahead in the South African winter (when the UK has daylight saving) to 2 hours and in the South African summer.
UK |
GMT + 1 until Sunday 25 October 2009 01:00 GMT |
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South Africa |
GMT + 2 |
London accommodation
Map of London, UK
South African food in London
If you're feeling homesick in London, you may want to try the following restaurants for some South African cuisine:
136 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London |
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Mohawk Spur |
Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London |
47 Farringdon Street, Holborn, London |
Travelling to London in the old days
Here's a little extract from the book "Genius for the Defence" recounting how the famous Johannesburg advocate Harry Morris, travelled to London:
"In 1927 Morris considered it time for a respite from the avalanche of briefs and tooks his wife and sons on a trip abroad. Their progress from Johannesburg was marked by an unsettling succession of thirteens. The railway coach numbers totalled 13. The dock porter's number was 13. They sailed on Friday, May 13, and their cabin numbers, 24 and 25, added up to 13. But none of these coincidences proved of ill omen and thereafter any superstition the Morris family might have harboured about the figure 13, was banished.
On board the cruise, Morris was a great favourite. He was always in demand for deck games, concerts and daily activities and he assisted gaily in the duckings at the crossing-the-line ceremony.
In England Morris put his sons in a boarding school and set off with his wife on a Continental tour. His visits to the great European galleries gave him a wider knowledge and appreciation of art. And on his return to the Cape a fortuitous south-easter was instrumental in putting this knowledge and appreciation to some practical use. The mailship, Windsor Castle, was blown across Table Bay by a gale force wind and docked several hours late. The Johannesburg train left without the ship's passengers and Morris spent the afternoon with Morris Green, a shipper and financier, nostalgically roaming Cape Town and examining art dealers' collections. In one shop they bought 52 paintings."