Trip: The World (Part II)
There are [389] stories from my trip: The World (Part II)
MALAWI | Friday, 16 Aug 2013 | Views [625]
At first glance, getting around Malawi is a logistic nightmare. A second glance makes the first one seem optimistic, especially if you are interested in seeing the animals and birds of Malawi. Take Kasungu National Park, for example. ... Read more >
MALAWI | Wednesday, 14 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery
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MALAWI | Wednesday, 14 Aug 2013 | Views [576]
We have never had much luck with Kenya and we were only passing through. On our first try we got lost in the midnight blackness while crossing the “no man’s” land between Ugandan and Kenyan borders and completely missed the immigration ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 11 Aug 2013 | Views [476]
Lake Panic was a beehive of activity when we arrived this morning. Southern masked weavers and grey herons were busy nest building while the goliath heron stood sentry duty. A pied kingfisher repeatedly bashed his catch senseless on the branch ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Saturday, 10 Aug 2013 | Views [628]
The Gannet Place Guest House doesn’t live up to the standards of other places we have stayed recently. It is in Hazyview, some 40 km from the Kruger Gate and we don’t have it all to ourselves! On the plus side, it had vacancies ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 8 Aug 2013 | Views [596]
We spent our first three days at Kruger in the southern part of the park; Berg-en-Dahl, Skakuza and Crocodile Bridge. The commute from Belvedere-on-River to the Malelane Gate entrance was a snap – only ten kilometers. It’s 70 ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Tuesday, 6 Aug 2013 | Views [611]
We have visited Kruger National Park before, of course, nine days of camping back in 2004. It’s such a special place that we wanted to see it again. After all, it is the size of Wales (or of New Jersey if that’s more meaningful) ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 4 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery
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SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 4 Aug 2013 | Views [498]
The iSimangaliso Wetlands isn't on the Garden Rute and it's one hell of a long drive from Kurger Natinal Park. We decided to include the photos of this World Heritage Site with Kruger because of the special environment and the birds and animals.... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Tuesday, 30 Jul 2013 | Views [720]
Plettenburg Bay is one of those places we could actually live in. It's just the right size, perched on the Indian Ocean towards the end of the famous Garden Route. It's modern and inexpensive and the Cornerway Guest House was superb. ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 25 Jul 2013 | Views [758]
We have long advised that South Africa is “Africa for beginners.” Despite their annoying habit of driving on the left, South Africans are friendly and helpful. Nearly everyone, excepting recently arrived refugees from strife afflicted ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 22 Jul 2013 | Views [482]
Vanessa and Alex are the perfect hosts. We highly recommend them if you are visiting Cape Town. We shared their tiny flat with their Scotties, Shiraz and Chardonnay, and Chaucer, the most affectionate of cats. Seriously, even when they had ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Thursday, 18 Jul 2013 | Views [621]
We tend to forget how large Africa is. You could fit the US, all of Europe, China and India into the African continent and still have room. Our route from Casablanca to Cape Town spanned the length and breadth of Africa: eight hours in the ... Read more >
SOUTH AFRICA | Tuesday, 16 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery
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MOROCCO | Monday, 15 Jul 2013 | Views [606]
Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting from sunrise to sunset, falls inconveniently in July this year, when the days are longest. Followers of “the one true faith” refrain from eating, smoking and drinking even water, which is especially ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Saturday, 13 Jul 2013 | Views [554]
The bus from Essaouira to Marrakech was most definitely not the Marrakech Express that Crosby, Stills and Nash sang about. It stopped for ever Abdel, Hassam and Fatima along the way and ended up taking four hot, non air-conditioned hours. ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Thursday, 11 Jul 2013 | Views [598]
Essaouira was one of those "because we're here" stops, with nothing really special to see. In fact, compared to other places we visited, Essaouira is modern. It was built in the 19th Century on a French plan so the medina is less of a maze.... Read more >
MOROCCO | Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013 | Views [1269]
We’re spending a couple of days in Oualidia, which is on the way to Essaouira, which is on the way to Marrakech, which is . . .
Teamwork
Oualidia is a tiny fishing village on the Atlantic, so tiny that there is no dock.... Read more >
MOROCCO | Monday, 8 Jul 2013 | Views [1022]
Train travel in Morocco is a giant step up from taking the bus. Of course you pay more (especially for Premiere Classe) but the coaches are more comfortable and air-conditioned. Schedules can be a bit of a mystery to non-French speakers but ... Read more >
MOROCCO | Sunday, 7 Jul 2013 | Views [776]
The tourist office in Meknes was closed on Friday afternoon - almost everything else was too, either because of the holy day or the heat - so we never found a map of the medina. Rather than wander aimlessly we waited for the temperature to drop ... Read more >
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