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Cape Town mother city of South Africa

South Africa is one such territory which has a lot to offer to its admirers and descenders. From which ever angle one decides to dig into. One such iconic city of the nation is Cape Town which is a well known name among the travelling freaks. Its outstanding and ravishing charm can make anybody fall in love with itself. Especially the beaches here are world renowned because of its unlike beau

Goodbye Africa...

We have now spent and are finishing our 5 month spell in Africa with a couple of days in South Africa before making our way to the land of Oz. I have realised that I havnt written a blog for a while and the last time I wrote we were in Mozambique. We had a really nice time in Mozambique and I will try to summarise the month in a short paragragh.We arrived on the 4th of Jan at Iris Ministries Pemb

Malembe

Malembe is the Shangaane local tribe word for the Black Rhinoceros. One of the megafauna of Africa they are territorial and shy. Smaller than the white rhino they are also called the hooklipped rhino adapted to browsing rather than grazing. White rhinos are also larger and have a hump on their shoulders and rump but more docile then the black rhino. I know each rhino by name now Duchess Z

Paradise Camp

Paradise is quiet in the days early light birds heralding the rising sun as it shines across the tree tops. I am alone in the kitchen a moment of stillness before the hustle and bustle as each new day begins. My memories of the camp in Zimbabwe cling to the periphery of my conciousness as dew clings to leaves of grass bombarded with familiar sounds and smells. The child that I was still stares

The Garden Route with mum and dad

Please call my parents directly for all the details....haha only joking Well i39ll try my best to report all of what we didsaw but it was quite a lot so I apologise now if I miss anything out. MumDad you can always add any comments for what Ive missedSo when I met my parents at the airport they had kindly brought the English weather with them which meant that table mountain was completl

The End...

Tja nun sind die 35 Wochen rum und ich sitze am Flughafen In Kapstadt. Die Zeit ist schnell vergangen was sicherlich auch daran liegt dass Frauke und ich super viel gesehen und erlebt haben Berge und Aussichten Strnde und verlassene Buchten groe und kleine Tiere Weinberge und steinige Landschaften Drfer und Megacitys.... Und trotzdem war es nur ein kleiner Ausschnitt von Sdafrika.

Cape Town Teil 2

Heute morgen war wieder strahlender Sonnenschein angesagt und diesmal wollten wir auch gleich das gute Wetter nutzen und haben uns nach dem mig leckeren Frchstck auf zum Tafelberg gemacht. Nach etwas Schlange stehen sind wir dann Schande auf unser Mnchner Haupt nicht hochgewandert sondern haben die Seilbahn mit 360 Grad View genommen. Zu unserer Verteidigung muss man sagen dass es be

OLD MUTUAL SUMMER SUNSET CONCERTS AT KIRSTENBOSCH

OLD MUTUAL SUMMER SUNSET CONCERTS AT KIRSTENBOSCH show off the best in South African entertainment. at its best the city offers a relaxed blend of African ethnicity and culture and nowhere does that harmony look or sound better than at the summer concerts at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Time Magazine 19 November 2007 5 FebruaryFlash Republic Foto Na DansSince the r

Cape Town Teil 1

Heute haben wir zunchst noch ein tolles Frhstck auf der Terasse des Chartfield Guesthouse mit Blick auf das Meer und die Kaphalbinsel genossen. Dann war ein wenig Organisieren angesagt zum Glck war der Inhaber von Chartfield ein Deutscher der uns Super geholfen hat. In nur 30 min sind wir dann nach Kapstadt reingefahren und zu unserem Neunen bb. Rose Lodge liegt im BoKapViertel und is

Affenalarm

Nach einen leckeren Frhstck haben wir uns auf zum Kap gemacht. Bereits nach einer guten Stunde erreichten wir Kalk Bay wo wir unsere Sachen bei einer wunderschnen Unterkunft mit Meerblick lieen.Von dort aus fuhren wir entlang der Kste Richtung Kap der guten Hoffnung. Auf dem Weg machten wir einen kurzen Stopp bei einer PinguinKolonie am Strand die gerade ihren Jungen dort grozogen u

WINTER 2012

After 24 hours of flying time and 36 hours of travel we arrived in Capetown South Africa. on January 15. Mark found an amazing hotel on the internet The Adderly which was located right downtown. The location was superb for walking the town which we did even tho the temperatures hovered around 37C. We had two full days to explore the town before meeting up with our tour group for dinner on

Wein Wein Wein...

Heute morgen sind wir nach einem herrlichen Frhstck erst mal los um unseren platten Reifen reparieren zu lassen. Leider konnte er nicht mehr fr 5 Euro geflickt werden so dass wir uns fr 45 EUR einen neuen leisten mussten. Dann sind wir ein wenig durch die Stadt geschlendert wirklich ein ses aber auch sehr schickes rtchenDanach ging es zum Patriachen in Le Petit Ferme zur Weinkel

Shark Dives Aliwal Shoal

A divetrip to Umkomaas near Durban. 3 days of beautiful diving over christmas 2011 Dec 23rd25th 2011. I found some more great dive buddies and dive guides in Walter Jilles and Barbara. Had absolutely amazing days above and under water Thanks guysCome with me Join me for a dive into diving with sharks at Aliwal Shoal. The sharks we encountered down there were mostly oceanic blacktips wonder

Dinner Finale

After a quick change and freshening up from our bus tour we headed out for our final dinner together as a group. We traveled about 30 minutes up the western coastline for a beach BBQ. We enjoyed a very relaxed dinner with a spectacular view of the ocean in front and mountain range behind. The food and wine were plentiful throughout the week and tonight was no different. South Africa has the pe

Rock picking

Rock picking has not been one of my favorite past times. I remembeer being dropped off on Yarrow Creek with a Be back in an hour and left there for......eons. Many hours during my teenage years were spent building wire baskets and then filling them with rocks to replace fence posts in the rocky creek crossings. In Africa though it is much harder to find rocks. We mine them out of washouts an

Ein Platten auf der wunderschnen Route 62 Frau wei sich zu helfen

Der Morgen fing nicht gerade gut an... Regen und grauer Himmel. Trotzdem beschlossen wir heute den kleinen Umweg auf der Route 62 nach Franschhoek zu nehmen die besonders schn sein soll.Und dies bewahrheitete sich auch. Die Route 62 ist eine traumhafte Strasse durch Gebirge karge Lanschaften Steppen und ab und zu wieder ein paar grnen Oasen. Relativ zu beginn jedoch standen wir gerade an ei

This is Africa

I am sweating and tired and completely satisfied. A cool drink in my hand the fire is on dinner is prepped and I am surrounded by the sound of laughter. I don39t even know where to begin. My senses have been overloaded my hands worked to the bone but my soul is bursting with life. The call of the hyena regailed me at 5 am as the camp stirred to life and the adventure began in earnest. Every

Heading towards South Africa

Hardly back from Ozzie Kiwiland and I got bored with neighbours weather within the scoop of 1 week... or so not specific in that order...So I39m planning my trip with my travelcompanion Ton for a safari in SA right now. Arrangements like hiring a car buying a wildcard in order to get into Kruger Park asf. Since my name is Tim we can go as Team T T or TAbbott TCostello in Africa..

Airport shuttle to O.R Tambo What an experience.

I thought I39d start my travel blog with a local story of a hectic travel experience. I got this wierd inner ear condition called BPPV. To be very short about it it39s basicallly a situation where the little calcium crystals in your ear that tell your brain which way gravity is get dislodged and go travelling down to a place where they39re not supposed to be. This causes dizzyness like

Monkey Around

Thursday39s start included a very early morning work session with the CSR team where I was able to share the emotional township tour. Since this group is shaping the charitable arm of our organization it was decided that we should start by leaving a legacy right in Cape Town. More to come on that.Thursday was a full day booked on large coaches for a tour of the country side and southern coas