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South Africa
Travel Blogs from South Africa
Kruger National Park
We decided to spend our last week in South Africa in the Kruger National Park. Sue and Ray joined us, we hired a car and organised accomodation within the National Park itself. Laetitia from Campfire Safari's kindly helped us to do this, and ...
Langa
... in. I chose to sit out, I don't know why but I just felt extremely homesick then because I just miss America and our culture. South Africa is wonderful and lively and amazing but it's not home and home is where I want to be I think. We went back ...
South Africa
... Nelson Mandela was locked up for 18 years, and Table Mountain with marvelous views over the city and Atlantic ocean. South Africa comes across as a modern and well run country with good infrastructure and beautiful landscapes, the most prominent of ...
One month already?
... Anyway, aside from my rambling, I have had some pretty amazing experiences since my last post. There is a national holiday here is South Africa on August 9th called Women's Day. To honor all the women, we had that Thursday off from school, so we ...
Capetown
We spent a day-and-a-half in Capetown before embarking on our overland tour of southern Africa. As time was short, we took a bus tour so that we could see as much of the city as possible. The tour, while structured, was also flexible, allowing us to ...
Hiking Lion's Head
Didn’t get to bed until 2am last night so had a sleep in then went to hike up Lion’s Head and possibly Table Mountain. Checked the map and then headed up Long St & Kloof St. The area seemed to be well off, lots of Audis and BMWs around, ...
Jo'burg Airport
Have made it to Jo'burg airport unscathed, other than lack of sleep. Am boarding my next flight in 15 mins to Livingstone, where I hope the sun is shining and I can get some sleep! By the time I arrive I will have been travelling 23 hours, ...
Hunting in the Kalahari Desert
... was a Blue Bull estimated by Pieter the PH to be in the 52 inch range. He was definitely the type of bull I came to Africa for. After back tracking in my anger for my rookie mistake of not having enough shells I heard shots in the distance it was Tony ...
Welcome to Swaziland!
Swaziland is a tiny, 17 000kmē, monarchy located in the eastern part of South Africa. It maintains a a dual system of governance, with a government lead by cabinet ministers who report to a partially elected, partially appointed parliament, while the ...
Transformation
... during apartheid and then returned after the elections. He spoke to us about transformation. Transformation of South Africa from a colony ruled by white rules, white ideals, white philosophies to an African country. One thing in ...