Garden Court Sandton Johannesburg

... was to our camp gate, so Chad took over and was gently speeding through the park when a lethargic bird wandered out of the grass and right under the wheel of our car. Just our luck, the car behind us was a park ranger and he pulled us over. I think his exact words were, “Why do you come here and kill our wildlife?” What do you say to that?! He let us off with a warning and Chad promised to kill no more animals.

We spent four eventful days ...

... one another. Special thanks to all of you who hosted presentations at your functions or in your living rooms, made very generous donations and got me into this whole thing in the first place! Rotary Club of Huntsville Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Rotary Club Rotary Club of Bracebridge Parry Sound Rotary Club Rotary Club of Gravenhurst Hamilton Mennonite Church Stay tuned for pictures, stories and updates! It's going to be an exciting 8 weeks! Peace, Sandy

... the 12 apostles when driving along Victoria road.
Visiting Robben Island and feeling incredibly sad.
Walking along in colourful Bo-Kaap.
Running away from a man who approached me at George's Cathedral for money because I thought he was going to rob me.
Sitting beside an African Penguin in Boulder's Beach and having him tilt his head at me not realizing it means "bugger off".

Kirstenhoff:
Having a late night chat with Merle.
Giving a ...

... of the park for a little while. We went to several different ones but my favorite was the Ghetto bar. It was in Given's home township. He said he had spent many years at this bar. When we walked in, we realized that we were the only white people in the entire place. It was crazy. All of the blacks (here you refer to people based on their skin color and it isn't considered racist) were staring at us ...

... of the situation. A horrific struggle against horrific government policies. No side was pure, and that is how it remains to this day. The violence was highest during the negotiations in the early '90's for a constitution, as each separate group jockeyed for political clout, often using violence as an attention grabber. This post is a work in progress... if you happen to read it before I send out the official "notification," just come back once that's done to get the full story.

... in the chalet we were in. I have come to the conclusion that I have no idea what the concept private bathroom means In South Africa. I had noticed that in South Africa gas stations and other locales readily let you use their hygienic facilities whether or not you were buying something or not. However, a room with a private bathroom for me meant en-suite. That was my mistake. The man turned out to be a Chilean, traveling with his Belgian girlfriend. They ...

... weren't missing anything. As it turned out we had a great time. We walked around for a bit and had a few beers at the top and then decided to try rappelling down one of the cliff faces, a service being offered by a couple of guys at the top. This was well worth it and good for an adrenaline rush just from leaning over the cliff face. Plus the views were spectacular on the way down. From the bottom there was a 20-30 minute beautiful and ...

... off for 2 hours, cos of baggage shuffling etc...so that was a great start! so arrived in JHB 2 hours late to then have to ring my mom to find out where she was!! They had just parked! went back to my sisters house to fetch the dog and a new puppy...of which the whole of thursday was spent keeping the puppy away from the other dog etc....so thursday felt like a whole year in itself!! but managed to go buy lots of ...

We returned to South Africa to spend two nights in Pretoria before leaving for Victoria Falls on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The Mozambique border crossing was almost unbelievably chaotic and slow both coming and going. Mozambique stamps your passport both ways, and the process took a full hour each way because of unusually large unruly crowds. South Africans who ...