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Travel Blogs from Balule Private Game Reserve
Joburg to Kruger: Welcome to Africa!
Bright and early we started our 18-day tour through South Africa from Joburg to Capetown. We are in a group of 15 people and one guide. The vehicle we are travelling in is a truck that has been converted and optimized for a tour like this. It has bus-type seats with plenty of legroom, windows all around that can be opened (for photography while …
In the Jungle...the Mighty Jungle
Howzit!? Greetings from South Africa! The ship sailed into the port of Cape Town on Saturday. Everyone woke up at 6AM to see the sunrise over the city as we pulled in. It was incredible to see the sun come up behind Table Mountain and the 12 Apostles (as they call the mountains there)! Where our ship was parked was literally in the middle of the …
Semester
Jonas har akt! Jag passade pa att bli vralsjuk samma dag han kom och det har hallit i sig! Haromdagen hos doktorn. Trolig diagnos: kortelfeber! Jag har inte pussat nan annan an Jonas! Vi lyckades anda genomfora planerad resa. Forst upp langs kusten till Sodwana bay for att jag skulle fa dyka lite (nagot sant blev det ju inte, men jag var glad for …
Garden Route to Cape Town
This morning we had a reasonably timed start (well it was light!) and started the drive to Cape Town. We were driving through the famous 'garden route' but I have to say I didn't see too much of it, and whilst the scenery was beautiful, for me we had been to far more beautiful places. We stopped in Hermanus, a seaside town famous for Whale watching …
Soweto - Is it OK that poverty is a tourist attrac
Given I had one day to spend before embarking on my trip across South Africa, I thought I should see it, if the Lonely planet insisted. I did feel slightly uncomfortable about the idea of doing this - was poverty as a tourist attraction a bit voyeuristic? Having visited I know this is wrong for a number of reasons, firstly quite a number of people …