This is a modern city, and everything loooks new.

This chess set has Nelson Mandela as King, with his wife, Winnie, as Queen. Other political figures are represented in the other pieces.

More traditional African figures for this set.

This mask is one we bought for a friend in Houston.

Carol enjoyed being back in Brooklyn (even in South Africa!)

The Capitol building in Pretoria.

We bought the mask on the left and the one on the right.

This place is run by a former game ranger who travels throughout Africa buying artifacts and reselling them to retail stores, who sell them at much higher prices.

One of the striking things we noted is the people gathered at every major intersection hawking goods to passers-by.