Destination: South Africa

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 7:Plettenburg Bay and Robberg Reserve

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [3993]

The Garden Route lived up to its name as we headed towards Plettenburg Bay, it really is very scenic and green. It didn’t take us long to reach Plett and we soon located Nothando Backpackers. Now backpackers seems to have a different connotation ... Read more >

Photos: Tsitsikamma National Park

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip through South Africa Part 6: Tsitsikamma National Park

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [522]

We headed along the famous ‘Garden Route’ which is a scenic drive along the coast towards Cape Town with Tsitsikamma being our destination. The weather didn’t look too promising and we encountered a downpour on route but we were not ... Read more >

Photos: St Francis Bay

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa. Part 5: St Francis Bay

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [404]

We headed back to the coast because we wanted to get our fill of the seaside now that we live in a landlocked country. Oh, and some friends of our in Kampala had very generously offered to let us use their holiday flat in Port St Francis. We weren’... Read more >

Photos: Hogsback

Sun, 20 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 4: Into the Hills in Hogsback.

Sun, 20 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [451]

Into the Hills in Hogsback Hogsback is a lovely 2 hour drive from Grahamstown and we took it steady as we enjoyed the scenic mountain vistas. We passed a huge section of private game reserve comprising the Great Fish Conservation Area Complex but ... Read more >

Photos: The Sunshine Coast

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa. Part 3: The Sunshine Coast

Sat, 12 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [419]

We said goodbye to our home at The Nightjar and drove along the N72 through beautiful rolling hills and farm land towards the ‘Sunshine Coast’. Luckily for us it was living up to its name and the winter in South Africa was turning out to ... Read more >

Photos: Colchester and Addo Elephant National Park

Mon, 7 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 week Road Trip Through South Africa. Part 2: Colchester and Addo Elephant National Park

Sun, 6 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [462]

We had a fairly comfortable night in our tent and it was not as cold as granny’s cottage in Colesburg! We did another game drive on the way out of Mountain Zebra and made a vow to come back and do the cheetah tracking activity next time. We ... Read more >

Photos: Mountain Zebra National Park

Thu, 3 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa. Part 1: South from Johannesburg

Thu, 3 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [453]

We visited South Africa briefly at the end of our trip through Southern Africa last year and loved the country instantly. We vowed there and then to go back someday soon. Well this time we wanted to explore a lot more and decided to hire a car for ... Read more >

South Africa

Sun, 29 Jun 2014 | By joytranae | Views [616] | Comments [1]

It's my last day at the school and I feel very satisfied with the time I've spent here. I loved working with the kids and getting to know them outside of school also. I feel I was a pretty good teacher. It took awhile for me and the kids to get used ... Read more >

Tags: bye kenya, cape town, muizenberg, south africa, southbound

Why I will miss South Korea

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 | By shenaz | Views [614]

  It is well over a month since I returned from South Korea and I have to admit it was difficult adjusting to South African life again. It took about a whole week before I could accept that I live in SA and have to accept the way things are. ... Read more >

Tags: south korea