Destination: South Africa

Gallery: Cape Town 2

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Cape Town - Strawberry Fields

Fri, 2 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [1233]

We plan another day out with Bevan and Ondine, but this time we're going strawberry picking. This is a great idea, because if we're going to be the stereotypical backpackers, it certainly makes sense to invest some time in honing our fruit picking skills! ... Read more >

New Years Eve

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [524]

It's the last day of 2008! What a year... 12 months ago we were in London looking forward to a new year of enjoying our newly refurbished flat, Alicia's new job, our trip to Tobago, discovering the joys of west london life...who knew that 2008 would ... Read more >

Gallery: Cape Town 1

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Cape Town - Pleasure on the Palette

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [824]

We've heard that the approach to Cape Town is a sight to be seen because you get an amazing first glimpse of Table Mountain. Unfortuntatley for us, it's cloudy and raining as we enter the city. No mountains to be seen! We've got almost three weeks in ... Read more >

Gallery: Route 62

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Route 62 - Oudtshoorn & Robertson

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [792]

We're now on the final approach to Cape Town: Our Road Trip is coming to an end. At this point though we have the option of either staying on the Garden Route (coastal path), or driving inland on Route 62. We've seen nothing but coast line for the past ... Read more >

Christmas in Jeffreys Bay

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [914]

We arrive in Jeffreys Bay in high spirits, looking forward to a Christmas by the beach. Jeffreys Bay (a lot like St Lucia) is a tourist hot spot for South Africans so accomodation is scarce. Luckily for us though, we have booked ahead and despite the ... Read more >

Gallery: Grahamstown

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Eastern Cape - Grahamstown

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [946]

The journey from Coffee Bay to Jeffreys Bay (our next intended destination) is too long for a single day's drive so Alicia consults the Lonely Planet for recommendations. She comes up with Grahamstown. We stop here after eight hours on the road and go ... Read more >

Gallery: Wild Coast

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Wild Coast - Road Kill and the Hole in the Wall

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [532]

The Coffee Bay hostel is still unavailable, but we're able to get a room in the The Hole in the Wall hotel, which is 8.2km away. So we drive there on a small winding road. The scenery is amazing, but the animals are annoying. We were warned about this ... Read more >

South African Safari

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By elise_beacom | Views [723]

Coming to the tail end of my adventure, I donned the safari khakis and got wild in Kruger National Park, South Africa. We spent four nights in tents under a starry South African sky, listening to baboons, lions and elephant calling to one another in ... Read more >

Wild Coast - Port St Johns

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [366]

This is boring....you don't have to read it... It was suggested to us that on our drive down to Cape Town, one place we should stop in is Coffee Bay. As we like to wait until the last minute to do everything, we phone the one hostel in Coffee Bay on ... Read more >

Durban

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By rich | Views [681]

Despite any mis-pre-conceptions, Durban is one of our more enjoyable stops and gives us the opportunity to hang out with the Goldswain family. Warren (Goldswain) used to work with Alicia at Foxtons estate agents in west London before moving back to ... Read more >