South Africa
South Africa Day 20 – Back In Strand
We arrived back about 3:30pm after a nice drive through the mountains. Once again we stopped for lunch but this place was not worth mentioning…
I think as we traveled back one thing that really stood out was the diversity of geography of the Southern Party of South Africa. It’s very much like a mix between [...]
South Africa Day 19 – Leaving Addo
This morning we left Addo. I did not see Lion, Hyena, Buffalo but I did see lots of Elephant, Warthog, and Kudu. Actually I’ve seen 4 of the Big 5, Lion, Rhino, Elephant, and Buffalo in the wild but I have not seen Leopard.
To all those traveling to South Africa, pay for a private game [...]
South Africa Day 18 – Addo, Just Photos
I thought rather than spending time rambling I would let the pictures do the talking.
South Africa Day 17 – Addo, Waking Up To Elephants
This morning was nice, we were sitting having some coffee on the stoop and we saw three elephants walk by. No need for coffee because they were so close and the adrenaline had us wide awake as we hunted for our camera, video camera, and binoculars.
I also think I am starting to get my “game [...]
Plagued By Vista Crashes
I love my Dell E6400, but under Vista it’s been giving me fits.
It’s either my video driver, the Vodacom phone driver or both. I have not had a crash free day after installing the data card. It makes me wonder about Windows7’s stability. I think that it is going to be largely dependent on hardware [...]
South Africa Day 16 – To Addo Elephant Park
We slept in a little this morning, we were in no big rush to get to Addo because check-in time was going to be the afternoon and it was only an hour or so drive from Port Elizabeth.
After we arrived at hour chalet and we unpacked, we went for a short game drive. The first [...]
South Africa Day 15 – To Port Elizabeth
After breakfast we headed out on the third leg of our Garden Route trip. We stopped at the beach at Plettenberg Bay. We walked a little and stopped to take some pictures of some surfers.
Down the road a bit we stopped at Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma Forest for a short hike to a [...]
South Africa Day 14 – To Knysna
Our second leg of our trip was down the garden route to Knysna, pronounced “Nise-Ner�. On the way we stopped by some cliffs to watch some para-gliders, glide, take-off, and land. It was amazing to see these gliders take off and land by the cliffs.
Once we made it to town, we stopped at [...]
South Africa Day 13 – Off to Swellendam
We were up fairly early for the first leg of our trip down the Garden Route. One of the nicest views of Strand, is a lookout called Logan’s Pass, just on the other side of Gordan’s Bay.
Our destination was a farm just outside Swellendam to visit the LeRoux family. Once we arrived we had [...]
South Africa Day 12 – Back to Cape Town
We almost missed our flight because our original was canceled and we were re-booked on British Airways. The flight had more room than our original Kolula flight, but the attendants parked that trolley right next our seat. I ended up with an A$$ in my face and side for 50% of the 2 hour flight [...]