Category: Travel

  • Thursday 13 April 2006 Highlights: Bushman paintings Walking most of the way to our truck (the 4X4 picked us up near the end) was probably a good way to recover from the hike from yesterday. The major thing today was seeing Bushman paintings at Ladyband and putting some of our group in jail at the…

  • Wednesday 12 April 2006 Highlights: Seven hour nature hike, exploring bushman caves Some people on the tour really enjoyed the fireplaces in the rooms last night; I think some wood was missing from outside my room reflecting how keen people were to keep their fires going. Today was all about the 7 hour nature hike.…

  • Tuesday 11 April 2006 Highlights: 4WD drive to our remote accommodation Unfortunately no dolphins decided to say good morning to our group.  This it might have been the result of a drunken party in the area 🙂 We headed off to Durban for a quick stop.   I spend most of our time here with…

  • Monday 10 April 2006 Highlights: Zululand High School performance, Witch Doctor predictions We started today with a visit to a local Zululand high school and village and the students put on a dancing performance during a morning assembly.    Anika was pulled onto the ‘stage’ and showed us all she really could dance (didn’t sing…

  • Sunday 9 April 2006 Highlights: First sighting of a black rhino What a huge day!!!  After a night of learning a new card game called “Kings in the corner” (thanks Jan), we got up early for a walk in the forest around Lake St Lucia.   Actually we walked across the lake since it was…