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Clarens Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Clarens, South Africa
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Art Town
This is a top pick! The jewel of the Free State (Province of South Africa, like a state) is one of those places you stumble upon expecting little, then talking about it as you leave. Set in the backdrop of limestone rocks, green hills and gold fields it is the perfect ...
Leaving the shit for a climbers paradise
This is a top pick! ... had known. It was grey and dusty and the only red was the smattering of vegetation on the other hillside - not like the South African dirt I have known. Go to the Drakensburg and make it your home. Dedicated to the boys who left their blood on ...
That Great Holiday Destination in the Sky
... many mountains and valleys was Kwa-Zulu Natal and to our right behind a very imposing and endless mountain range lay Lesotho (a country within South Africa), and straight ahead of us was, well, ...you name it. On a clear day you could see Australia. We ...
Merry Christmas
... reveal your whole name. I have been learning some history over New Year about the Zulu and British war in 1879. The Zulus are a South African tribe and the British declared war because the son of the Zulu king murdered two of the kings wives who had run ...
Rainy "Dry" season...
Destination 350 km174'121 The show must go on. Rain in "dry" season and bloody cold, thank ...
Battlefields and the Berg
The thing about traveling is how much you learn eveyday. When we traveled through the Zulu battlefields of South Africa, we learnt a lot about the history of war in South Africa. Traveling is not just a history lesson, but a continuous lesson of how ...
Hiking in the Berg
Feeling a little dusty from our graduation celebrations we left our camp for the last time to start the next phase of our holiday. A quick stop at the petrol station for a microwaved sausage roll and things were already looking up. We headed to Itala ...
Lesotho
... nearest high school was a three-hour walk. Ten subjects were taught, including English starting from first grade, and, like South Africa, everyone I met spoken fluent, if accented, English. The kids too young to go to school played outside ...
Kruger to Drakensburg: Oceans, Mountains & Rivers
After we left Kruger Park, we drove through the country of Swaziland. It is a small country surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique. The landscape was vast and we passed a lot of small villages with kids waving at us. One of their bigger agricultural ...
Butha Buthe - Lesotho
We left Malealea and drove through Lesotho to Butha Buthe and camped over night in a Basotho owned lodge called Mamohase. Well, he called it a lodge ut it was really his spare room and front garden. He had permission from the head of the village to open ...
Golden Gate NP -- The door to the Drakensberg
... entry to the area reminds very much to our other experiences in the South West of the US, like Moab etc. We visit ...
Leaving Lesotho and back to Golden Gate NP
We leave the town and decide to head more in interior roads to the best place on our way back to the ending destination. We stop by the Thaba Bosiu that is situated in a spectacular mountain environment and from there is an indication to unique place ...
Golden Gate
My eerste lang ry met die nuwe fiets. Vanaf Naboom oor Pretoria na Potchefstroom, terug Pretoria toe, Golden Gate en toe terug Naboomspruit ...
23 years later... he's returned to his birthplace
29th June 2010 23 years after he was born naked, he awoke naked! Rather aptly, Jules awoke dressed in nothing but his birthday suit due to an unfortunate incident in the middle of the night involving his dodgy stomach, a lack of loo roll, and his boxer ...
The Ever Blossoming Story of South Africa
... and heavier coat, I set off for the Qwaqwa campus this morning with the rest of the staff mentors that were staying in Clarens. It turned out that the accomodations made for restful sleep, but they also made it more difficult to get up in the morning. ...
We made it
We have made it! It is a bit delayed actually but I thought I would write a quick one to let everyone know we actually did get here safely. Our flight was empty on the way over, perfect way to fly! We spread out and slept and watched the movies and ...
The Hunting Lodge
... long day on the road today as we sped back on the ponies and then set off for the Golden Gate National Park back in South Africa north of Lesotho. As you drive through South Africa, one of the things that really strikes you as a hangover from apartheid ...
Suicidal Servals, Sizzlin’ Sun, Snow..
... We hadden de gok genomen om niet te reserveren, maar bij het toeristencentrum te kijken of ze nog een mooie aanbieding hadden. Helaas zat Clarens vol. Vol! 120 B&B’s in het dorp, maar geen kamer meer te krijgen. Wat ze nog wel over hadden was ...
The Maulti Mountains
... Tim met Gary back in Malawi last year as he visited Justin on his travels up to Kenya. We were glad to get to see him in South Africa and he was kind enough to show us his parent's second home in Clarens - away from the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg. ...
Caves, Witchdoctors and Roadkill
... to have decided to build an arc or a trojan horse...I couldn't quite work it out...check out the photo. HAHA. Between Puthaditjhaba and Clarens the R712 passes though Golden Gate NP and Lichin Pass. The road was paved and the scenery was not as ...
Time to say Goodbye again...
... Golden Gate NP, where we once again saw lots of zebras as well as a couple of other antelopes just beside the road. In Clarens we then had a wonderful last dinner together before my parents dropped me off in Joburg again as they were heading back home to ...
Just down the road
... container to a new customer, soon turns out to be quite an adventure, i have learned this is a common occurrence here in South Africa. Walking over to the offices and soon asked by Louis if i fancy going along to repair a container system of course ...
Road Trip South Africa Stlye.
... mid west with red necks everywhere. Setting of again early the next day as we headed to Bloemfontein to watch South Africa v France. This was great as the South Africans were in high spirits with vuvuzelas blowing everywhere. The game ...
Bootiful
... then took us all back in, what for it, an Isuzu, where we got drunk. There, that’s it! Thank God for the Isuzu. Clarens is still beautiful. What we have noticed this time around, is there are a lot of houses for sale. Hell of a price ...
SOUTH AFRICAN FOOD AND A NATIONAL PARK
... off at Kobus's school. Yep; I was beginning to feel very comfortable in half-European, half-African South Africa. Kobus was inside preparing the next day's lessons. ...
Highlands Mountain retreat, celebrating 10 years
Celebrating our 10th year wedding anniversary, we decided to head to the mountains! How better to celebrate an adventurous 10 years with a peaceful weekend. Golden Gate Highlands National Park has great options. We love ...
South Africa
My vriend Jannie De Villiers beweer dat die Oos Vrystaat is 'n stukkie Kwazulu-Natal is wat die Liewe Vader in die Vrystaat gemors het met die skepping. Die skilderagtige sandsteenkranse is indrukwekend en die rooi kleur saam met die grasvelde die ...
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