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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [757]
The noise of the ceaseless pounding of the ocean is carried on the cool breeze straight into the large open windows in my room where I am comfortably sat in an armchair, cup of tea nearby, ready to begin my account of Wilderness.
We arrived at The ... Read more >
Tags: annies place, baz bus, beach house, journey, ocean, secret cave, south africa, waves, wilderness
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 | By lulumac1228 | Views [158]
Woke up this morning and took my first taxi by myself downt to the waterfront to meet Elise and them for the Red Bus Tour. I got in and of course it was my cab driver's first week so he didn't even know where it was. We were a pair. ... Read more >
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1842]
Having heard tell of a man that lives in a disused railway tunnel not far from here, a group of 5 of us decided that we would take a late afternoon walk to investigate. We walked through the tunnel without expectation and certainly none that would live ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, baz bus, secret cave, wilderness
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [920]
And so we arrived in Knysna (pronounced Nyzna). The drizzly rain we had driving here cleared up and the afternoon was dry, although still cloudy. Arriving at Jembjo’s hostel, we put our bags in the dorm and headed out to see the sights. This is ... Read more >
Tags: art, artists, backpacking, baz bus, fishing, harbour, knysna, pick n pay, pledge
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [980]
Coffee Bay to Port Elizabeth (commonly referred to simply as PE) and 12 hours on Baz Bus to get there! It was a really long journey with the sun relentlessly piercing through the window, and no shades/curtains to prevent it - at times it was unbearably ... Read more >
Tags: african array, baz bus, bbq, braai, hiking, plettenberg bay, plettenberg bay, robberg
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Photo Gallery
PE to Cape Town
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Sat, 23 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [2530] | Comments [1]
Many petrol stations on the major routes in South Africa are a hive of activity and meeting/drop off points. Baz Bus collected us from Mantis and Moon and dropped us at a station at Mthatha where bags and weary travellers were loaded onto a shuttle taxi ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, baz bus, beach, beach huts, campfire, chill out, coffee bay, coffee shack, transkei
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By aphrozoey | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry
We had chicken feet for supper, just last night. An amazing stewy, clawy scrawny footed chicken delicacy around these parts. The feet, swimming in a pool of watery tomatoe and onion gravy was served piping hot with a large dollop of pap. You don't wait ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [822]
Umzumbe is located south of Durban on the Indian Ocean coastline. The beach stretches as far North as the eye can see lapped by the ocean on one side and disappearing into dense foliage on the other. The clear sea is perfect for swimming and surfing ... Read more >
Tags: baby guinness, beach, castle beer, hammocks, hostels, mantis and moon, shark nets, tepee, tree houses, umzumbe
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [748] | Comments [1]
Sunny Durban, the main city in Kwazulu-Natal is home to around 4 million people and a multitude of nationalities and for us, a compulsory one night stop. All today’s drop offs were scheduled for South Beach and ours was the first hostel. Driving ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, baz bus, bunny chow, durban, happy hippo, hostels, natal, sharks, ushaka marine, world cup stadium
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By taliadee | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
Growing up in a foreign Country has taught me a lot about differnt Cultures and diversity,Staying in South Africa and growing up here has taught me a lot about Humanity.I've learnt to understand a lot of Cultures through food.South Africa is a very beautiful ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Sat, 16 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [859]
Northern Drakensberg to Durban
It has been a long day! After breakfast we re-organised our day packs to cover the likely potential rainfall we may meet before we set off on our day trip to the top of the Tugela Falls, some 3,200m above sea level. ... Read more >
Tags: ampitheatre, baz bus, climbing, drakenberg mountains, hiking, hostels, trekking, tugela falls
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1267]
Today begins my road journey of over 2,000km that will take me from Pretoria to Durban and along the coast to Cape Town.
The 1322 Backpackers hostel in Pretoria was my first taste of hostel life and I arrived yesterday to a warm welcome from ... Read more >
Tags: 2, ampitheatre, backpacking, baz bus, castle beer, cost to coast, drakensberg, hostels, pretoria, tugela falls
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 | By butterfly-freed | Views [1351] | Comments [2]
Thursday - Zip lining in the Waterberg Mountains and a certificate to prove it! Perhaps it is being back in Africa that has given me a renewed sense of adventure as it’s not something I would normally think of doing, but so glad I did – 10 ... Read more >
Tags: africa, crime, greyhound bus, johannesburg, mandela, midrand, politics, ubuntu, waterberg mountains, zip lining
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