Southern Africa

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» The Namib Desert
The thing that Namibia is perhpas best known for is its huge sand dunes and vast deserts. I could not possibly have gone to ...

» Etosha, The Great White Place
Having seen the wildlife of the sand dunes, gone sandboarding down them (on one you can reach speeds of us to 80km/h), and quad biking ...

» Transparent Geckos and Other Cool Critters
After the safari in Kruger and a few days hanging around Pretoria I treated myself and flew over to Windhoek, Namibia. Windhoek isn't all ...

» Kruger
After island hopping in Vilankulo it was time to leave Mozambique and head back into South Africa. I went to Pretoria, where I met ...

» Island Hopping
From Tofo, I headed up to another beach town, Vilankulo, with Anna and Maria, to women I had met in Tofo. After a couple ...

» Tofo, Mozambique
Mozambique is only a few hours mini-bus ride away from Swaziland, so I figured that I might as well go there for a week or ...

» Swaziquad
The best day I had in Swaziland was the day that I went quad biking. I went with three women from my hostel, Gwen, ...

» The Golden Lion Film Festival
One of the things I love about independent long term travel is the flexibility it gives you. You can completely change your plans on ...

» St. Lucia
One of the towns I was most looking forward to visiting in South Africa was St. Lucia. St. Lucia has 5 different ecosystems and ...

» Coffee Bay
From Nature's Valley I travelled onto a town called Coffee Bay where I did yet more hiking, this time with a guide and five other ...

» Hiking in Nature's Valley and Hogsback
Many of you have written to me and mentioned that you are behind in reading my blog and are trying to catch up. What ...

» Adventures in Oudtshoorn
After getting in three weeks of relaxation in Cape Town it was once again time to hit the road. My first stop heading northeast ...

» Cape Town
After I left Zimbabwe, I headed into Botswana. My plan was to visit the Makgadikgadi Pans and then the Okavango Delta before heading into ...

» The Problems of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has gotten a lot of bad press lately which gives people the impression that it is a dangerous country (not true) run by a ...

» Visiting Isabel
A few years ago I started sponsoring two children who live in Africa: Chantal in Rwanda and Isabel in Zimbabwe. Given the political ...