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.

  • Friday 7 April 2006 Highlights: All of Kruger National Park Kruger National Park, well all I can say is stunning.   Elephants, giraffes, and springbok you name a Southern African animal and we saw it (except the big ‘cats’).   The truck is a great way to see the animals; we even managed to find…

  • Thursday 6 April 2006 Highlights: First sighting of buffalo, getting pushed into a pool, excessive drinking (mother’s milk is a killer) Leaving our campsite we saw a large number of wildlife on our way through the Balule Nature Reserve including giraffes and my first sighting of buffalo.   Once at Hazyview we went on a…

  • Wednesday 5 April 2006 Highlights: Sleeping in a Nature Reserve, Giraffes, Zebras and spiders! Had a wonderful night’s sleep, you should try sleeping out with nature; elephants make interesting noises early in the morning.   We started with an early morning walk and along other things Jan (guide) bought out a nasty looking spider, I…

  • Tuesday 4 April 2006 Highlights: The tour starts, Bourke’s Luck, the Three Rondavels, Elephant sighting! Today we took off early for the Balule Nature Reserve (bordering Kruger National Park). Our group includes Jan (guide), Marjia, Roger, Andreas, Carola, Anika, Niels, Jacko, Inge & Joern.

  • Monday 3 April 2006 Highlights: Test Match South Africa vs Australia Well I enjoyed another great day at the cricket, I have to say this has been one of the best matches I’ve seen live.   Australia needs 44 more runs and Damian Martyn for once might actually score runs when we need then the…