Humewood Hotel Port Elizabeth

We survived and had a great time at the game reserve searching out the 'Big 5'. Leopard proved elusive though we did have some great sightings of a cheetah and her 2 cubs which more than made up for it.
We also managed to catch a sighiting of the only 2 lions on the game reserve on both our first and last day. The male is a massive fella (as you can see from the pic of ...

Saa er der nyt igen. Vi har nu haft nogle gode dage sammen med Collin. Det har vaeret en noget af en oplevelse. Paa et besoeg til Sibaya Casino spist vi verdens bedste buffet, som altid endte det med at jeg braekkede mig. Mange vil sige at det er ulaekkert at spise saa meget at man braekker sig, men til det har jeg et forsvar - det var GRATIS!
Collin vidste os rundt i nogel af forstaederne uden for Durban. Der er virkelig nogle store huse derude. Hvis jeg havde en milliard kroner havde jeg ...

... and lied down. I had to sit back up because the bus was filling up but it was to let 2 girls sit at the back so I did not mind too much. I apologised for being rough and stinking of booze and fell back asleep. I did not make many observations on the way as I was too tired unfortunately.

We stopped at the services and I needed the toilet for a chance. I took a little longer than I ...

Saturday 26th September. Port Elizabeth is a disappointment as the Laundromat couldn’t do our washing and closed at midday and the water front was sad looking and jaded. We had a nice hot breKky though at a café down the road and then returned to the backpackers where I have ...

... stop. From PE we caught a flight to Jo'berg and from there it onto Heathrow. The lack of sleep from the bleating baby birds the night before meant I slept soundly throughout the whole Jo'berg to Heathrow leg whereas Steve struggled. Good thing we were getting the train back and he didn't have to drive because undoubtedly, I'd fall asleep during that car journey too in spite of getting almost 12 hours on the plane! We arrived at Heathrow at 6am and it was a really cold and frosty ...

... cooperate and at 4pm we received the "Go" phone call from Great White Adventures. We excitedly sprang at 7am the next morning and drove a bit down the coast to the docks. About 30 people were signed up to join in on the ride which made us a bit nervous at first, but the boat was huge and the more actually made it the merrier. The 4, 200-horse power engines sent us speeding out into the high seas. The swells were the biggest I've ever seen ...

... and find that we'd been burgled. Stole laptops, computer software, mobile phones, ipods, handbag etc. etc. Big disappointment, especially as many photos of our trip were on our laptops. Anyway, at least it was all just material stuff and we weren't harmed in any way! Dealing with the S.African police was another story which we won't go into! Welcome to South Africa ...

... is hidden within the townships and how much has been lost over the years - quite sad really. Life at the orphanage is still basic but good fun, although noisy at times! We help the orphans with their home work some evenings after school, which can be quite a challenge; I had to help a boy write a poem the other day - it took some head scratching ...

... Ocean. There were no people on the beach -probably a good thing- and we sipped champagne and talked about my newly appropriated senior citizen status within the friend group, as I am the first one to reach 23. We set a pretty high standard for birthdays to come amongst the rest of the friend group. Four shared bottles of champagne and twenty-three shots of yager in my belly made for some great pictures and "remember when's", no doubt. Nights in Africa consisted of ...

... any way!!! And then the roads got dodgy and more dodgy ... and many km's later: WAM!! Welcome to Butterworth.(Tijuana must look like like Knysna compared to this town. :-) This might be a little scary to some and what I imagined Umtata to be like but Umtata was a lot more gentle in comparison to this chaotic and busy little place. People were everywhere: on the roads, on the sides of the roads, with their animals, without their animals, carrying fresh ...