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Category: World Trip 2006

An epic 153-day world trip visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006.

  • World Trip 2006: Day 20 – Knysna, South Africa

    Monday 17 April 2006 Highlights: I did a crazy Bungee Jump!!! Well today I proved I could jump to my death by leaping (or falling) from a bridge 216 metres of the ground.   On a very wet day we headed out for a chance to jump.   Chickening out we all thought it was…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 19 – Karoo to Knysna, South Africa

    Sunday 16 April 2006 Highlights: Graaff-Reinet  Town Visit, the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains Today we set off for Knysna.   Our first stopped off at Graaff-Reinet to see a local Africana Museum.   Inge & Marjia both commented on how ugly the women appeared to be in the photos. Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest town…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 18 – Karoo, South Africa

    Saturday 15 April 2006 Highlights: Two hour hike in Karoo At our Karoo farm stay they have lots of the wildlife roaming around with very few fences.  We then we went on a brief 2 hour hike around the Karoo farm.   The landscape is stunning; it’s hard to believe that it has snowed in…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 17 – Ladyband to Karoo, South Africa

    Friday 14 April 2006. Highlights: Helen Martins Owl House We had a very long drive to Karoo today but that meant a chance to see the amazing landscape. Most notable event today was visiting the “Owl House”.   Helen Martins created these figures in her house after living a very lonely life, kind of creepy…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 16 – Drakensberg to Ladyband, South Africa

    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…