Buller's Rest Lodge Ladysmith

... we stayed there for saturday night, then he drove us to the coast (up north from his home) and dropped us off with our guide where we were to begin our 3 day hike. bogani, our first guide, was from a village in the area and spoke excellent english. we hiked the first day for 12-13 km and saw amazing coastline; waterfalls, cliffs, gorges, etc. two of the falls we saw were 2 of the 9 waterfalls in the world that fall directly into the ocean. the 2 falls ...

Our 1st trip to south africa was our honeymoon in march 2001 staying in cape town for 4 nights then driving along the south coast to margate stopping off for 4 days on route including gango caves & the fabulous wine route. until we met our great friends Hannah & Nico who live in ladysmith in KZN .

We've just arrived back in Jo'burg yesterday after spending some in Bloemfontein with my cousin Wesley. Before that we moved on from the Champagne Valley area in the Drakes and went onto Mont Aux Sources where we spent 4 days. We stayed in a fab B&B in the Champagne Valley - beautiful mountain views and our own verandah area ...

We've been staying in Jo'burg for a couple of days with David's cousin - Bernadine. We were lucky enough to have tour of the new football stadium being built for the 2010 world cup. The stadium is perched on a hill next to Soweto overlooking the city centre. We got a tour round the construction site since Bernadine works for one of the main contractors - the place is ...

... printed certificate for each student. I had helped her organize the certificates. Each student's achievements were described in detail. For example: "He is the best at football. He took part in traditional dance. He likes singing. He is very good at cut and paste. He was chosen second prince in the beauty contest. He is conscious." I knew she meant conscientious, or caring, because I have heard this locution before ...

Since there is no "daylight-saving" adjustment in South Africa, it is light by 4:30. One morning I got up early and set off for a nearby kopje, promising to be back for breakfast. The ascent took slightly more than the hour I had predicted. I walked around on the flat top for a while, maybe a kilometre long and empty except for birds. As I came down a herd of cattle were struggling up the steep slope. This foreign propensity for walking ...

... Molise, their 12-year-old son Karabelo, and Ntate Molise's sister. Adel and I both taught at Semonkong in Lesotho in 1980-82. Adel recently resigned her teaching position in order to open a creche (kindergarten and day-care). Ntate Molise has two minivans which he and a friend use for providing local transport. I got here from Gaborone in one day, just managing to connect with my second bus in Johannesburg, then taking a combie ...

We got the Baz bus to Drakensburg. We stayed at the Amphi-theatre Backpackers in Drakensburg it was lovely, right up in the mountains and in the middle of no where. We got to the backpackers in the afternoon so they organised a trek up one of the mountains and an abseil. It was really cool but the sun came down so quickly that by the time we were abseiling down it was pitch black, quite an experience! But I twisted my ankle on the way down which meant I had to ...

Hello Everyone, We drove a few hours from the northern to the centeral part of the Drakensberg mountain range. Here we stayed at a backpackers called Inkosana. It is near the town of Winterton. It is definately one of the nicest backpackers we have stayed at. A little bit more expensive than some. It was 250 Rand ($50 canadian) for a private double rondavel ...