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Giraffes and Waterfalls »
	Gauteng and Mpumalanga, South Africa, 2009-09-27 12:00 We started our time in South Africa by couchsurfing (www.couchsurfing.com) with a South African girl and her Italian boyfriend, it was a nice soft landing – we slept well and ate well! One of the days we went to Groenkloof NP, here you can go walkin... Read More

Run-in with Rhinos »
	Nwanedi National Park, Limpopo, South Africa, 2009-09-29 12:00 We started our safari adventure in the small park of Nwanedi, the vegetation in the park is mainly Mopani and mixed woodland. Overall the park seemed very dry, and at first we thought no animals could live here, but as we drove around we discovered ... Read More

Mapungubwe National Park »
	Limpopo, South Africa, 2009-09-30 12:00 Mapungubwe National Park runs along the banks of the Limpopo River and the park extends into Botswana and Zimbabwe across the river as well. We spent 2 nights in the park that covers 28.000 hectares, but combined with the area in Botswana and Zimbab... Read More

The Roar of the Lion »
	Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2009-10-03 12:00 I am sitting in our camp in The Kruger National Park writing this and an elephant just passed by outside the fence! The fence can’t keep out the many naughty birds nor the even naughtier monkeys. The monkeys are of the small Vervet Monkey kind and l... Read More

Relaxing in beautiful Barberton »
	Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 2009-10-07 12:00 After dusty Kruger we drove to Barberton; a town that dates back to South Africa’s gold rush days. Several old hoses remain from the boom days and Barberton is also home to South Africa’s first stock exchange. Things have calmed down concededly sinc... Read More

A Visit to the People who Click »
	Bulungula, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2009-10-12 12:00 It was raining and the sky was hanging low and grey over our heads, we were on our way to Bulungula; a community run place by the ocean on the wild coast. It is deep in the Xhosa homeland, and the roads are somewhere in between horrible and non-exis... Read More

The Karoo »
	The Karoo, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2009-10-14 12:00 Graaff-Reinet is a lovely town; the 4th oldest in South Africa it has maintained it is old world charm with lots of Cape Dutch architecture, broad boulevards and a relaxed atmosphere. Most houses in the city center are whitewashed, single-story and ... Read More

The good life - South African style »
	Winelands and The Cape, Western Cape, South Africa, 2009-10-17 12:00 The scenery in the Winelands is beautiful, gorgeous Cape Dutch buildings lie scattered around the wine fields backed by dramatic mountains and everywhere colorful flowers blossom; little white flowers on the apple trees, pink bourgounville climbs up... Read More

Alles Lekker in Kap Staad »
	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 2009-10-22 12:00 We didn’t spend too much time in Cape Town, as there were other African attractions that kept us busy – but it’s by far the nicest big South African city that we have encountered. Walking around the center is nice and the vibe in the city is pretty ... Read More

Babysitting a Young Meerkat »
	Kalahari, Namibia, 2009-11-18 12:00 We are now in Upington in South Africa on the edge of the Kalahari. Our assault on the Kalahari started in South-Eastern Namibia – so this is going to be a cross-borders-blog-entry! Or as they would say here in South Africa, Trans-Frontier, they lov... Read More

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