Avoca River Cabins & Luxury Treehouse
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Lion Around
Oh! - how I love the coast! Wilderness is a bohemian town set above a long, beautiful beach along the Garden Route of South Africa. We settled into our lodge high above the beach then went for a deliciously long walk on the never-ending beach with waves 7-deep cresting in the bay. Searching for something interesting for dinner, we stumbled upon a …
2013 so far
Hi there, sorry for the delay in the latest entry! So, where to start.... Loads has happened since my last venture on to here, so ill try to cherry pick a few highlights so as not to bore everyone too much. I'm writing (Sam) today, as Alice is at work this weekend. Anyone who knows Alice will be amazed to hear that I convinced her to go camping! …
Leaving South Africa
... parents went wine tasting. In the morning we left for the airport, we were flying Emirates. P
Today we are on an Emirates flight to London in the last few days we were at Gorah. Gorah is a game reserve part of the Addo National Park. It started out in 1931, with only 11 elephants. All the other animals in the area had been killed. Now there are 600 elephant and all the other animal that used to be there have been re-introduced. The size of ...
Safari
... pushed the value of their horns to obscene levels (Rhino horn is worth more per KG than gold) and attracted poachers who will land by helicopter, dart the Rhino, cut off the horn and leave the Rhino to bleed to death. To guard against poaching, Schotia have planted the Rhinos’ favourite grass in a fenced area adjacent to the farmhouse, which the Rhinos can only access at dusk, so they return to safety every evening of their own accord. Carl described their personalities in ...
The wheels on the bus go round and round
... idea how to get home. I then remembered hearing that some of the students from our study abroad group had used the combies to get back home from the mall one day. We haphazardly went over to the intimidating pack of combies all going every which way and all yelling different things. Being the kind and friendly gentlemen that they are (sarcasm) a few different drivers ushered us their way attempting to get us to ride in their combie—for R150! After having a few unpleasant ...
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Lovely place to stay
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