One more post as well as some additional pics from Kruger in the ‘Exploring South Africa’ post. Sorry for the limited updates, power is hard to come by and internet access even harder. Haven’t had much photo-readying time.
Enjoy
Archive for March, 2008
Blog Update
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cooking in Namibia
Posted in En Route, Southern Africa, tagged Namibia on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2008-03-18
Summary
- Swakopmund
- Italian restaurant; ate springbok, oryx & ostrich
- Clubbing at ‘Cool Bananas’
Tuesday morning we were up before 6am to get our tents down and gear packed before we had breakfast. We set off on another day of long driving. We stopped off at Solitaire in the morning for a toilet stop and snacks/drinks. Back [...]
Heat and Sand!
Posted in En Route, Southern Africa, tagged Cape Town, Namibia, South Africa on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2008-03-12
Summary
- Cape Diamond Hotel
We didn’t arrive at the Cape Diamond Hotel until 6:30pm, so had missed the pre-departure by half an hour….AGAIN. The tour group is much bigger this time, my count was 18 people. Mostly Aussies, but a few from Canada and Florida; only one other Adelaidian. Once again there is more girls than [...]
Blog Update
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Another blog update. I have posted a whole bunch of pics in the Zanzibar post, as well as South Africa, and a new SA post also. Sorry the formatting is playing up with the SA post, hard to read I know. Don’t have time to fix it up… Voon if you get a chance? [...]
South Africa Continued
Posted in En Route, Southern Africa, tagged Adventours, bontebok, bontebuck, Bushmen paintings, calf, Cape Town, Cape vultures, Clarens village, Crags Elephant Sanctuary, Drakensberg, Drifters, Eland, garden route, Golden Gate National Park, Graaff-Reinet, Hermanus, Karoo, Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre, Knysna, kumuka, Ladybrand, Mountains, Nieu Bethesda, ostrich, Otter Trail, Owl House, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, Springbok, Sterkfontein Dam, travel, whale route on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
2008-03-04
Summary
- Drakensberg Mountains
- Log cabins; no power
After a 4 hour drive in the overland truck, we transferred into a 4×4 vehicle for the last stint up to our Drakensberg Mountain log cabins. There was no power here, so battery conservation and/or spare batteries were a necessity. There were fireplaces in each cabin, but we were [...]
Blog Update
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Hi guys, I have updated the blog with two new entries and have added pics from a previous entry from the Serengeti. No pic comments from the last bunch, if you guys don’t let me know you appreciate seeing the pics, then I may not bother as it’s getting time consuming.
Enjoy
Edit: I know [...]
2008-02-25 – 2008-03-03 Exploring South Africa – Jo’Burg to Durban
Posted in En Route, Southern Africa, tagged Africa, buffalo, game drive, Johannesburg, lions, rhino, safari, South Africa, Swaziland, thunderstorms, Zululand on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2008-02-25
Summary
- Arrived in Johannesburg
- Massive thunderstorms
Our flight arrived a little ahead of schedule. We were transferred via bus to the terminal. We had to show our Yellow Fever Certificates for entry into South Africa as we’d come from east Africa. When we arrived we followed our instructions to get our arrival transfers… info desk [...]