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07 January 2014

32. - 7 Jan.: Hermanus to Cape Town via Boulders Park and Good Hope

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First stop of the day is at the penguins colony of Boulders Park . Home of the small endemic South African penguin. A small animal, not real...
06 January 2014

31. - 6 Jan.: Mossel Bay to Hermanus

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In the morning I realize that yesterday I forgot my kangaroo leather hat at the Bartolomeu Dias museum. It would sadden me highly to lose it...
05 January 2014

30. - 5 Jan.: Bartolomeu Dias, Indian food and vintage music at Mossel Bay

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Authorized copy In the morning we head down to town. It's a grey, cloudy Sunday morning, and Mossel Bay is virtually deserted. It is ...
04 January 2014

29. - 4 Jan.: Knysna township

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Easy drive to Knysna. As we get closer, I remember how my first impression of the town was its township on 13 December. This time I'd re...
03 January 2014

28. - 3 Jan.: Port Elizabeth - Seaview - Jeffrey bay

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Depart 8.30 am from Port Elizabeth. First stop is at "Seaview", a lunar landscape spot to take pictures of some funny rock formati...
02 January 2014

27. - 2 Jan.: Drive to Durban and flight to Port Elizabeth

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Very unusual breakfast with chicken liver and omelette. Good and hearty, enough proteins to carry me through to dinner time. My trip mates...
01 January 2014

26. - 1 January 2014: New y\ear's day at Saint Lucia

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Morning spent walking leisurly in town. Several ladies sell a bit of everything along the road: the same stand will have fruits and vegetabl...
31 December 2013

25. - 31 Dec.: Kruger through Swaziland to S. Lucia

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Again wake up at dawn and the adrenaline starts pumping. Breakfast is devoured faster than usual as we try and get back on to our vehicles a...
30 December 2013

24. - 30 Dec.: Alarms and mating lions at the Kruger National Park

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I wake up just five minutes before 5:30, which is when my alarm was set to go off. I hear this happens to a lot of people. I am always amaz...
29 December 2013

23. - 29 Dec.: Mbahoko Ndebele village to Kruger National Park

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Breakfast and good byes to our Ndebele hosts. Even though this has been a brief and obvously superficial encounter, I will miss the casual...
28 December 2013

22. - 28 Dec.: Models and billiard at Mabhoko Ndebele village

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Today we start with a walking tour of the village. One of the very few men in the village (where are all the others?) takes us around and ...
27 December 2013

21. - 27 Dec.: Soweto and drive to Mabhoko Ndebele village

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Easy wake-up and breakfast in the business lounge to which I have been upgraded for no apparent reason. At check-in, on Christmas day, I had...
26 December 2013

20. - 26 Dec.: Johannesburg

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Full day tour of the city with Lesley, an independent local guide I found online. We have had extensive correspondence before my arrival and...