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Tue, 10 May 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Photo Gallery
Origins Museum, JoBurg Museum, and dinner at La Madeleine
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Tue, 10 May 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [433]
11 th to 13 th
April 2011
Returning to Johannesburg and
Pretoria, South Africa
We’ve got to ‘fess up about our return from Zanzibar….the moral
of this story is to ALWAYS check that you actually collect the correct bags….... Read more >
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 | By dianacchan | Views [496] | Comments [2]
so looks like i haven't written anything in over a month and i can only attribute it to pure lazines. plus i figure only my sister and like 2 other people actually read this blog but oh well, it is semi-self-gratifying anyway in a wholly-self-absorbed ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 | By thedavid | Photo Gallery
Photos from my 7 weeks in Southern Africa, including a 26-day safari through 6 countries, and a 2-week trip through the Garden Route along the Indian Ocean from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town
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Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By paleafricanwanderer | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry
There is a magical place that lives and breathes in my mind, just on the border between memory and imagination. I got there by waking up in the dark and boarding an overloaded chappa in Pemba, Northen Mozambique. Then I bounced along 102km of gravel, ... Read more >
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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By desire | Views [243] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
EMBRACING YOUR ROOTS Feeling a change in the air suddenly wakes me up. The suns scorching rays are penetrating from every angle of the car opening the windows only makes it worse as hot air blows in. This is a sign that I am nearing my destination ... Read more >
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Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By vickifourie | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
As I waved my beloved country farewell, I stepped across into the wilderness that is known as Africa. Africa, with its red soil deeply planted in blood, sweat and tears. To the white man, Africa has always been a wilderness. But the black man has always ... Read more >
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Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By fidel2010 | Views [454] | Scholarship Entry
It was my first time to come close to South Africa’s Big Five. The animals I came across this day appears to be both fierce and vulnerable. This was an adventure that made me come closer to nature and presented me with the predatory powers of the country's ... Read more >
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Fri, 25 Feb 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [1192]
Friday 25th February, 2011
Maun, Botswana
A week ago we drove through the border (after giving border
control the details of serial numbers for the laptop, ipod and camera so that
on our return we are not hit for duty – as ... Read more >
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 | By tshedi_ramos | Views [654]
Trapped between the steam of the huge pot and the smoking
firewood from her makeshift stove, the woman stirring the stew beside the road
is an indistinct blur which but for her praise song of ‘The strengthening
affordable stew’ , my ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, south africa, township, travel
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 | By responsible-travel | Views [2806]
Running a safari camp can't be easy. In fact, it may be just about the most
difficult hospitality gig on the planet.
In addition to all of the nuances of running any old high-quality hotel,
you have to do it off-the-grid, in a very remote ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [1368]
Sunday 13 th February
Getting ready for the overland trip
Well we’ve spent the last few days and definitely need the next
few days to get the Hi Lux organized as we intend to leave at the end
of the week to head through ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 13 Feb 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Views [846]
Wednesday 9 th February
Day trip to the Drakensberg Mountains – a World Heritage Site
We made an expedition into the genteel Drakensberg Mountains – lots of
pastures, maize fields and villages on the way. The area is green ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 | By colemanw | Views [533]
Hello all, sorry for not keeping up with the blog but here is my kwantu report. I have spent 5 weeks here at the kwantu game reserve and overall it has been a great experience. I have chopped trees, planted trees, dug holes, patroled fences, built roads, ... Read more >
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