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Cape of good hope

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Last day in South Africa! Bouhouhouhouhou!!! Went for a tour to Cape Point National Park, which is South of Cape Town. It is the most...

Langa Town Ship

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

I visited a “township” today (slums in S. Africa) in the Western Cape, near Cape Town Airport. It is called Langa, and means, rising sun....

Distances from Cape Town

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Just before leaving the Cape Town Marina today, I spotted these signs, they reminded me just how far I am from home! It was the...

Cape Town Sunset

Friday, May 1st, 2009

I have arrived in Cape Town – city very different from what I have seen so far! It is ver modern and even more western...

Panda the husky

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

I thought I would introduce my new best friend Panda with whom I spend most of my days! She is just over 3 months old...

Hail Storm

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

We had a pretty scary hail storm today in Monteseel, with ice the size of golf balls! Any bigger it would have gone through the...

Big waves

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

We went to the beach today, on the Sun Coast of Durban (that’s the South coast of Durban). At this geographical point, we are still...

Durban Sunset

Friday, April 24th, 2009

I went out with my sister to walk the dogs today after she came back from work. We were aiming to get to the cliffs...

My new african office

Friday, April 24th, 2009

For those who know me, I get bored (and impatient) quite easily. Since I’ve been taking it easy for a few days now, I thought...

Thousand Hills

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Very simple (not particularly great) picture of the Thousand Hills, area where I am currently staying. You could say this is the Orange County of...

Dogs walk on the beach!

Friday, April 24th, 2009

My week of lazyness / relaxing has started! Today we went to the beach to walk my sister Ely’s 2 dogs, Luna (the big hairy...

Durban Summer Storm

Friday, April 24th, 2009

My parents, who were travelling with us for 2 weeks, flew back to Europe yesterday. I’m going to be staying with my sister and her...

Tala Giraffes

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Our second natural reserve in the trip, just half an hour away form my sister’s house. Tala is a private game reserve, which means you...

Durban surfing

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Durban is one of the Surfing Capitals of the World. It also happens to be where my older sister Ely works and lives. For our...

Coffea Bay

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

We ended up in this really nice bed and breakfast in Coffea Bay, which seemed to be populated as much by backpackers as animals. As...

Transkei

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

We were travelling from the Addo National Park to Durban and stopped in a place called Coffea Bay in the Transkei, a region of South...

Elephant Riding

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Today was elephant day! I went for a ride on the elephant, which was, somewhat, painful. Some say African elephants are impossible to tame and...

Addo Elephant National Park

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

First Safari ever. Started pretty well, with the sight of a big elephant after just a couple minute’s drive. Few minutes later, our first Lion...

Bloukrans bridge

Monday, April 13th, 2009

This tall bridge, near the Tsitsikamma National Park, is the highest bridge in South Africa and the highest bungee jump in the World. It offers...

Garden Route

Monday, April 13th, 2009

After a couple of days in land, we got back to the Indian Ocean coast and more precisely at the Tsitsikamma National Park. We went...

Ostrich riding

Monday, April 13th, 2009

My sister was the first one of our group to test out the Ostrich riding and show everyone how it should be done. She ended...

Arniston, Cap Agulhas

Monday, April 13th, 2009

A cheesy but beautiful picture taken by my sister Ely, at Arniston, near Cap Agulhas (see previous slide), The weather started pretty poor that morning...

Southernest point of Africa

Monday, April 13th, 2009

The end of the first journey was concluded by a long drive to the most southern tip of Africa, a place called Cap Agulhas. We...

South African Wine Tasting

Monday, April 13th, 2009

This shot was taken just a couple of hours after landing at Cape Town International Airport. The region North of Cape Town reminded me a...