Destination: South Africa

Gallery: Ma in CT

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

South Africa – the Backpacker Experience

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 | By will | Views [6569] | Comments [2]

For most of 2006 I have been traveling in South America as a backpacker and had enjoyed how easy it was to travel there. The quality of budget hotels was good and transport was affordable and mainly comfortable. In most cities I went around by ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Gallery: Emelci

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Packing for Glasgow

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By jaynaidoo | Views [389]

Is it at all possible to travel light with family? How many coats,jackets,etc do you need? Its becoming stressful packing and planning. This cant be a holiday or is it all part and parcel of vacations. We shall wait and see.

Tags: Family

South Africa

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 | By winmar | Views [567] | Comments [1]

Our first port of call was South Africa.   For the first time in living memory I enjoyed a flight, as I sat next to someone who I talked music with all the way to Perth.   The Perth-Johannesburg leg was, by contrast, incredibly boring. We ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Cape Town

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Views [2295]

“The fairest cape in all the world” said Sir Francis Drake. With the backdrop of Table Mountain Cape Town must have one of the most distinctive profiles in the world. I have spent most of the last two weeks here, partly because there is so much ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Cape Town Flora

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cape Town

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hogsback

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Photo Gallery

To the Mountains and the Sea

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Views [1102]

From Kimberley I went to Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State, formally the Orange Free State and the capital of Afrikaanadom, It has some impressive public buildings and a great museum but there’s not much there to hold a traveler for long.... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Hogsback in the Eastern Cape

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 | By will | Views [6327]

Most Backpackers who travel in South Africa stick pretty much to the coastal route from Cape Town to Jo’berg and totally ignore the interior. But there are some great places to visit just off the coastal route which really reward those who seek them ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Some Johannesburg Food Highlights

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By eugeneulman | Views [1052]

Jozi is not generally known as a food capital, and definitely there's a lot more crappy Western fast food here than elsewhere in Africa. It's easy to fall in the Johannesburg trap of shopping malls, but you can also avoid that. Here are some of my experiences.... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Early daze

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pretoria and Kimberley

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Photo Gallery

Kimberley

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By willlou | Views [3013]

This week I left Pretoria and took the bus to Kimberley. The bus headed down the motorway to Jo’berg, passing lots of distribution centres and multinational headquarters before reaching the leafy suburbs of North Johannesburg. Every building is heavily ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road