The Urban Jungle The difference could not be more stark, after 2 months of being surrounded largely by nature, mountains, forests, the ocean, deserts and mostly small towns, I find myself thrust into the third largest city on the planet, São Paulo. Where there was the silence of the night,…
We arrived at village of Clarens to blue skies and gorgeous weather, a stark contrast to wet and soggy Hogsback from whence we came. Coincidentally, also in time for the centenary celebrations of the town. The sleepy mountain retreat was abuzz with activity and it seemed like everybody and his…
The Okavango Delta An oasis in Botswana’s harsh and arid Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is one of the largest inland deltas in the world. Originating in Angolan highlands as the Cubango River before it flows into Namibia as the Kuvango River and eventually ending up in Botswana as the…
Potholes ahoy! Resulted in a few bumps and lots of swerving Roadside advertising AIDS, the scourge of Africa On the road in Africa, Part Deux More sights and sounds on our 3300km (and counting) road trip across South Africa, From Cape Town to Johannesburg. View more photos from Part 1…
The three humps of Hogsback Supposed named after one of the three peaks overlooking the village, that when viewed from a certain angle, resembled a Hog’s Back, or from a certain Captain Hogg, commander of nearby Fort Michel near TorDoone. In any case, apart from a morning hike to the…
Stunning view from The Gap on Robberg Island Robberg Island It had been raining for 3 days straight in The Crags, with grey, moody skies in between when the rain paused for a break. In contrast to our largely sunny days in South Africa so far, this was starting to…