Destination: South Africa
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Fri, 19 Mar 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [62]
Before we get tied down by work we wanted to get our 'animal fix.' Besides, Vanessa isn't around to get us started on projects. So we got up early and were soon on the road to Kruger National Park. It’s the 10 th Anniversary of Democracy (the ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [546] | Comments [8]
On a lighter note than yesterday, Michelle and I couldn’t find Mandla so we couldn’t go back to Soweto, so instead we decided to go to the Lion Park outside Johannesburg. Lots of lions, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, antelopes, wildebeest, zebras, ... Read more >
Tags: lion park, carnivore
Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By angeline | Views [521] | Comments [5]
I've just returned from the amazing Kruger NP and what an aesome adventure it was! I saw so much wildlife, I saw the entire big 5 (lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo and elephant) in the first 3 hours of the first day! Plus I saw giraffes, zebras, warthog, ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [318] | Comments [4]
Woohoo, overland camping trip! It seems that I can’t get away from civilization for too
long, I’m sitting in a strange little Namibian town in the middle of the Namib desert
called Swakupmund, at a fancy internet café with wireless internet in ... Read more >
Tags: swakupmund, overlanding
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [286] | Comments [4]
Since Swakupmund, we’ve camped out in the bush and in a game
park in Nambibia. We spent one night in
Spitzkopf at a bushcamp (meaning no facilities, just us and nature) and 2
nights at the Etosha National Park.
Spitzkopf was absolutely ... Read more >
Tags: spitzkopf, etosha
Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [249] | Comments [4]
Well, we've just about come to the end of our backpacking experience on the Baz Bus, so while I wait for it to pick us up one last time and take us to Capetown, I thought I'd take advantage of the free wireless. Wilderness is a great beachy resort ... Read more >
Tags: wilderness, hippie cave
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 | By angeline | Views [1557] | Comments [2]
yesterday i realised, i'm in africa! i did a tour of soweto, a township on joburg's outskirts, where black people were forced to live under apartheid. i was moved and emotional, nothing in australia can prepare you for that kind of poverty. it was ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [92] | Comments [2]
Here I am, back in South Africa, a full (and I do mean full) 2 years after first falling in love with it. Over the next year or so, I'll be based in the Kalahari, working on a youth development and HIV / AIDS prevention program. I'll write about it from ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [295] | Comments [2]
I just wanted to thank everyone who's read this blog and commented (and those who've read this blog and not commented...). It is so great to read notes from you all, please please please keep them coming! I have tons of pictures and some videos to ... Read more >
Tags: soweto, kliptown
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [43] | Comments [1]
It has begun. Little by little, the youth of Askham, a tiny village in the South African Kalahari, are making a difference not only in their community but also in themselves. In just a couple short weeks, we have started preparations for a massive food ... Read more >
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By bkhk4fun | Views [396] | Comments [1]
Patti: It seems like forever since we have offered an update and lots has happened in the last week. Our time in Kruger National Park was amazing and our warning about it being the wrong time of year to see animals did not play out. Within 30 minutes ... Read more >
Tags: Animals
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 | By annekebroadbent | Views [355] | Comments [1]
Although we were a bit worried about flying with Egypt Air, the flight down to Cape Town went very well. We were greeted at the airport by my uncle (Grant - yes this is Simon writing this piece) and soon after arrived at their amazing house in Constantia.... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [155] | Comments [1]
Robben Island is a 30 minute ferry ride from the port in Cape Town and the journey reminds me a lot of the ferry ride from Dar es Salam to Zanzibar - just minus the roaches! As soon as we arrive, everyone from the ferry is loaded on to buses and we ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By bagen | Views [114] | Comments [1]
Having experienced the long haul 36hrs of flying from Perth to Buenos Aires (the long way round) on the way out... we got smart and maybe just a little lushy and decided to break it up with a wee stop over in Cape-Town on our homeward journey. Part ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By theunit | Views [193] | Comments [4]
Sorry this has taken so long to get out to everyone who likes to keep an eye on their traveling duo, but it is amazing that once you get out of asia and africa and into Europe, it becomes amazingly difficult to upload photos, use the internet, and get ... Read more >
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [453]
I was 17. I used to sing ‘freeeeee Nelson Mandela’ in night clubs in Melbourne. I had dreadlocks. I used to graffiti ‘Stop Apartheid’ on what ever material came my way. I kept a scrap book of mostly unread South African articles. I watch Shaka Zulu ... Read more >
Tags: growth, friends
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [399]
"This is the true story...of twenty-four strangers...picked to live on a truck...work together, and have their lives 'taped'...to find out what happens when people stop being polite...and start getting real... The Real Acacia ." For those ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 | By shrummer16 | Views [389]
Another severely retroactive posting, another flag to the photo galleries. Inspired by one of my favourites profs at Guelph, Renee Sylvain, I finally made it to Africa after years of dreaming of savannahs and jungles. I was in the South African side ... Read more >
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 | By julrich | Views [347]
Durban is a beautiful and fantastic place, yet as a Capetonian dare I say as picturesque? Born-and-bread in Cape Town, it’s huge complement for me to acknowledge Durban as the next-best alternative to the Mother City... with Pretoria as 2nd princess, ... Read more >
Tags: durban, the bluff, out and about
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [346]
We finished the student house on Friday and were feted last night at a braai where Ann gave us ‘ A Day in Africa and Spots Before Your Eyes, co-authored by her and Howard Buffet with a forward by Dr. Jane Goodall. We also met Ron Magill ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [261]
I guess I’ll pick up where I left off, we left the homestead
in Vusweni super early the next morning and got a ride into Manzini, then took
a minibus to Mbabane where we had our bags in storage at the hostel. Eli took it upon himself to negotiate ... Read more >
Tags: durban, chintsa, wilderness
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By sandy_power | Views [254]
SAT 15th NOV Volvo Ocean Race 2008- 2009 – Leg 2 – Cape Town All excitement was up as hundreds of supporters made their way through the Table Bay waters to show support for the start of the second leg of the around the world Volvo Ocean Yacht ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 | By whereintheworld | Views [224]
Ahhh Swakopmund...located along the infamous Skeleton Coast and the adventure capital of Namibia. Though this small German established town is located in the middle of nowhere it offers activities like skydiving, sandboarding, and quadbiking to name ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [216]
Firstly take note: Johannesburg is an absolute hole and unless (like us) you fly to/from there on a trip to S. Africa, or (like us) you want to visit the Aparteid Museum, don't ever bother to go there. After picking up some knowledge on Aparteid from ... Read more >
Sun, 4 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [188]
Another trip out in the car and this time we go south along the peninsula towards a place called Simon's Town and the nearby Boulders Beach, where there's a Penguin Colony. On a nice day, you're allowed to go down to the beach with the penguins but unfortunately ... Read more >
