The Kelway 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. <br>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 ...

... at samle os op. Vi skulle bare ringe naar vi var der, saa det gjorde jeg. Det fik jeg ikke meget ud af. Ham der sad i receptionen kendte ikke noget til vores booking og han vidste ikke om nogen kunne hente os. Han bad os om at ringe igen klokken 7. Det gjorde jeg saa og han var stadig i tvivl og fortalte at der ikke var kommet nogle andre paa trods af at de skulle have moedt nu. Saa valgte vi at tage en taxa til et andet hostel. Det irriterende hernede er at mange Sydafrikanere er ...

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

... clip of me and then filmed some more as he zipped over one of the gorges. The whole activity took only an hour once we were all geared up, but that still wasn&#8217;t enough time for the others to receive their lunch orders at a nearby café. Suzan was still waiting for her sandwich when we rejoined the group, and when she received it 90 minutes after ordering it was not even what she ordered.<br><br>We continued to Port Elizabeth ...

... dies he/she must be transported back to their home village for burial. Now that doesn't sound difficult until you consider that the body must not be cremated... it is damn hot here most of the year... and the taxi companies have a mafia like hold on all transportation of bodies charging outrageous prices that these poor people must pay if their loved one is to rest in peace. They go to such an extent that, if you ...

... by 8:15. Port Elizabeth is simply a short stop over for me, on my way to Addo Elephant reserve and then continuing along the garden route back to Cape Town. At the airport today, I re-jigged my itinerary staying another day on the garden route at the expense of my stay in Cape Town. I will still have two days there, which I think will be plenty. One thing I am finding about Africa... I am actually enjoying the "nature" more than the cities. Who knew I ...

... where the Eco-Shrine is located you have a magnificent view on to the three Hogsbacks mountains but really there is probably no such thing as a bad view when you are in Hogsback. We hiked back to the hostel from the Eco-Shrine after an interesting day but we ended up hiking much longer than expected as I think we missed a sign somewhere aong the way and came out of the woods part way down the hill that leads up to Hogsback. It was quite a ways out of town ...

... in a rock pool above a waterfall which falls over the cliff edge - apparently the second highest in the world! The hike back to the transport was lovely, although we had descend down a couple of chain ladders pinned to the rock at one point, a pretty hairy experience even for a seasoned bungee jumpy. On the Sunday, we had another early start as we were going into Lesotho via a little used and very bumpy mountain pass. The day was ...

... last night for a short does of nostalgia. Met some wandering surfer boys from Germany, Spain and Africa in Wilderness. They had a tricked out VW Euro van outfitted with kick ass music, mattresses enough for us all and plenty of Red Stripe beer (Natti Ice of the Affrikaneers). They adopted us and we meshed the Nor-Cali vibe with the South Af vibe ending up with quite the concoction of craziness. We quickly integrated into the scene with some local insight and plenty of ...

... Eric, a french guy who moved to SA to open the Ku-BoBoyi lodge about 3 years ago with his partner Michael. It's in an amazing location perched on a hill over looking the Indian Ocean so you can sit on the veranda just watching the waves crash on the beach below. It was a really comfortable place too and I had a nice single room for the night. Sabrina (a German language student from CT) and Hidiki (a Japanese language student from CT) also arrived from Durban, they were in ...