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Mark Rose-Christie'= ;s famous

Mystery Ghost Bus Tour
<= p style=3D"text-align: center;"> Many have taken the tours …<= br /> some have even come back alive!<= /span>

FINAL PUBLIC TOURS for 2011!!!
<= p style=3D"text-align: center;"> Cape Town = Johannesburg Pretoria

December 09 & 10 2011<= /span>

= Durban / Port Elizabeth - year end & group= parties only (private groups)

Book at Computicket!

<= span style=3D"font-size: 18px;">“I have to admit that even this ha= rdened sceptic got a shiver down her spine” - Tracy Melass, TNT Tr= avel Magazine, London

“For the sceptic who says = there's no such thing as ghosts, Rose-Christie gives them something = to think about” – Star
“Fiendishly Di= fferent ... You really get your money's worth” - The Citizen

“Top Seller at the National Arts Festival in Grahamsto= wn” - Die Burger

“Very Popular !” - S= A City Life Magazine

“High Spirits & Lot= 9;s of Fun” - Argus
Inspired by the London Ghost Bus and Jack The R= ipper tours in 1988, Mark Rose-Christie combined these concepts to launc= h The Mystery Ghost Bus Tours to South African audiences at the National= Arts Festival (Grahamstown ) in 2001. Since then the tours have opened = in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria & Port Elizabeth, with Durban a= nd the Midlands Meander (Kwa-Zulu Natal) to open soon. Although we use t= our coaches, this is actually a ‘theatre-on-wheels’ producti= on, catering for both the Public and Groups (corporate events, team buil= ding, end-of-year functions, birthday parties & tour groups).=

The Media and our Clients alike= , have said that at “About half the price of the usual sight-s= eeing tours, and twice as long, The Mystery Ghost Bus Tour offers more t= han any other ghost tour worldwide”, which is as follows:

Starting Pub to= get you into the Spirit !

Introduction about the History & Science of the Paranormal<= /span>

Explanations of the man= y different types of ghosts

3 Dramatised Stories with Haunted Music & Eerie Sound Effec= ts, played on the coach

Ride past many haunted, murder & mystery sites, with Four (4) Off-T= he-Bus stops as follows:

2 Pub & Grub Stops along the route, with entry into a dark = mystery room at one of the pubs

Off-The-Bus stop to detect energy fields using dowsing rods= (audience participation)

Special Permission/Free Entry to an historical cemetery at midnigh= t, with an ending that jolts even sceptics

= Instead of taking a Public Tour, get 30 people = together to take a group tour and have the entire coach to YOURSELVES - = for the SAME price per person.

PUBLIC vs. GROUP TOURS

= Group Tours: Same price as Public Tours. Minimum of 30 = persons. If less than 30 persons a Minimum Fee of 30 persons applies.

<= strong>PRICES & WHAT TO BRING

R295 per person
= Only 18 yrs & Over (however children & family tours for 30 or mo= re persons can be specially arranged)
Meet at the Starting Pub= at 6:30 pm (safe & secure parking)
Departs 7 pm / Retur= ns just after Midnight
Bring Torch, Camera, Flat Shoes &= Coat
Bring Pub & Grub Money. Strictly No Alcohol or Food = on the coach

JOHANNESBURG tour (in English)<= /span>

Pound &= Penny Pub at Sunnyside Hotel ('off the bus' Starting Pub Stop) = with History & Science of the Paranormal, Zoo Lake ('off the bus= ', dowsing rods audience participation), Motorcyclist Road Phantom, = Eikenlaan / Mike's Kitchen ('off the bus' pub stop, and dark= mystery room), Old Transvaal Children's Memorial Hospital, Woman= 9;s Prison (poison murderess Daisy de Melcker), Constitutional Hill, The= Fort, Supreme Court, Bertrams Murder (Body in the Lake murder), Jeppe B= oys High, Kensington Castle, Roberts Avenue Poltergeist house, Troyevill= e Hotel ('off the bus' pub stop), Braamfontein Cemetery ('of= f the bus' stop, ending).

PRETORIA tour (= in Afrikaans)

The Dros on Atterbury (Road) next to Town Lodge ('off the b= us' Starting Pub Stop), Erasmus Castle / Die Spookhuis ('off the= bus' stop) with History & Science of the Paranormal, UFO of Era= smus Kloof, Huckleberry's Pub ('off the bus' pub stop, and d= owsing rods audience participation), Breytenbach Theatre, Poltergeist at= Mea Vota, Pretoria Station, Victoria Hotel, Capitol Theatre, Die Raadsa= al, Nederlandse Bank, Place of Justice, Church Square ('off the bus&= #39; pub stop, dark mystery area - The Pangaman Murders), Pretoria State= Theatre, the Compol Building (poison murderess Daisy de Melcker), Churc= h Street Cemetery ('off the bus' stop, ending).
CAPE TOWN TOUR

= Departs / Returns to Starting Pub: Ferryman's Taver= n, V&A Waterfront - Tel 021 - 419 7748
2nd Pub : Percy&#= 39;s Tavern - Tel 021 - 461 2440
3rd Pub : Alphen Hotel - Tel= 021 - 794 5011

Ferryman= 9;s Tavern at V&A Waterfront ('off the bus' Starting Pub Sto= p) with History & Science of the Paranormal, German Lutheran Church,= Little Theatre, Good Hope Seminary (poison murderess Daisy de Melcker),= Percy's Tavern ('off the bus' pub stop, Scissors Murder and= dark mystery room), Castle of Good Hope (‘off the bus’, and= dowsing rods audience participation), Poltergeist of Fenton Road, Ghost= s of District Six, Groote Schuur Hospital, Drie Koppen, Rondebosch (Sain= ts, Sinners & Students), SAC's School, Hidingh House, Alphen Hot= el ('off the bus' pub stop), Plumstead Cemetery ('off the bu= s' stop, ending). Coach then returns you to the V&A Waterfront

Also runs yearl= y at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (June/July)=

book at computicket - search for "myste= ry ghost bus" and you willl see all the booking options in all the = cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban.

Mark Rose-Christie's Cell: = 079 193 7536
Mark's email : tour@mysteryghostbus.co.za

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