Destination: South Africa

Swakupmund and stuff

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1086] | 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 >

Tags: overlanding, swakupmund

Gallery: Drakensberg

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

Meerkat Magic! (South Africa)

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [3340] | 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 [879] | 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 >

Tags: overland camping

Videos...

Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [683]

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

Tags: videos

Waiting for the Baz Bus

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1960] | Comments [5]

Well, we've just about come to the end of our backpacking experience on the Baz Bus, so while I wait for it to pick us up one last time and take us to Capetown, I thought I'd take advantage of the free wireless. Wilderness is a great beachy resort ... Read more >

Tags: hippie cave, wilderness

Gallery: Traveling along the Coast

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Photo Gallery

Traveling along the Coast...

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1149]

I guess I’ll pick up where I left off, we left the homestead in Vusweni super early the next morning and got a ride into Manzini, then took a minibus to Mbabane where we had our bags in storage at the hostel.   Eli took it upon himself to negotiate ... Read more >

Tags: chintsa, durban, wilderness

Greased Palms, Gutted Giraffes and Gorgeous Game (Kruger National Park, South Africa)

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [3954] | Comments [4]

We had an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Johannesberg, and got in about 6 in the morning. We had a little bit of adventure getting from Bali to KL as we had overstayed our visas and would owe some extra fees. This process was pretty shifty, ... Read more >

Swaziland

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [2415] | Comments [10] | Video

We left the hostel early, got on the Baz Bus with 2 older German guys and a young French couple and our driver Jesse, who is Indian and hilarious, and drove to Nelspruit, where we picked up a British couple. Then we drove to the South African/Swaziland ... Read more >

Tags: swaziland

Gallery: Lion Park

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Photo Gallery

Lions! (and other live (and dead) animals)

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [2003] | Comments [8]

On a lighter note than yesterday, Michelle and I couldn’t find Mandla so we couldn’t go back to Soweto, so instead we decided to go to the Lion Park outside Johannesburg.   Lots of lions, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, antelopes, wildebeest, zebras, ... Read more >

Tags: carnivore, lion park

Gallery: Soweto

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Photo Gallery

Thanks for all the comments! Oh, and some serious stuff...

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1019] | Comments [2]

I just wanted to thank everyone who's read this blog and commented (and those who've read this blog and not commented...).  It is so great to read notes from you all, please please please keep them coming!  I have tons of pictures and some videos to ... Read more >

Tags: kliptown, soweto

Finally in Africa!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 | By sylvia_aiko | Views [1119] | Comments [16]

We’re in Johannesburg! The flight from London was long but we slept for a good amount of it, and I have to say that South African Airways is fantastic.   It was an overnight flight, and we got to watch an amazing sunrise when we were a few hours ... Read more >

Tags: africa, johannesburg