Destination: South Africa

South Africa - JoBerg to Storms River

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By murray_wilson | Views [2020] | Comments [4]

We stayed just one night in Joberg having flown in from Maun - the drop in temperature was remarkable, from 40 degrees to 22 - Joberg seemed quite cool.  The next day we hopped onto a sleeper train that took us all the way to Port Elizabeth (PE) .  We ... Read more >

Gallery: PE - Storms River

Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By murray_wilson | Photo Gallery

Informative Video

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1022] | Comments [5] | Video

Learn all about our going-ons in Namibia by watching this educational video set to the sweet tunes of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo!

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Johannesburg

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By albroderick | Views [354]

Hey guys anyone who cares i'm gonna try and update this but i can see it gettin fair awkward, but johannesburg is cool, went to soweto to a township, yep i done the tourist thing fair povery just like you see on the tv, seen a few museum in fact enough ... Read more >

Gallery: South Africa - Drakensberg

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pshah13 | Photo Gallery

Drakensberg - South Africa

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pshah13 | Views [1116]

After a quick trip of Joburg visiting beautiful purple Jacaranda lined streets and visiting Apartheid Museum and Soweto and having dinner at Nelson Mandela Sq, I set off for Drakensberg on a 5 hour drive. Arrived at Didima Camp which is beautiful ... Read more >

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Gallery: South Africa - Johannesburg

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By pshah13 | Photo Gallery

The first leg of the trip.....

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By stainer | Views [372]

Well the night had finally arrived were i was to embark on my overseas world adventure were i was to find myself. I relised how quickly i found myself that night....... back in perth airport after 

The bush and the park

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1052] | 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 >

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Gallery: Overlanding 1

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Photo Gallery

Swakupmund and stuff

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1199] | 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 >

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Gallery: Drakensberg

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Meerkat Magic! (South Africa)

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [3443] | Comments [1]

At this point we had a little over a week, and only a few hundred kms to go. This is the “Garden Route”, South Africa's answer to the Pacific Coast Highway. We shot over to Knysna, a pretty, but overrated town. The ... Read more >

Leaving Civilization

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [959] | Comments [3]

The time has come to put away my laptop, get on a big truck, and co-exist with about 18 other people for the next 6 weeks.  We're starting our overland camping trip, which will take us through Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya. ... Read more >

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Videos...

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [768]

are uploaded! (a few, anyway.) http://www.youtube.com/user/syliaiko Kisses

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