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Tag: South Africa

  • 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…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 15 – Drakensberg, South Africa

    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.…

  • World Trip 2006: Day 14 – Dolphin Coast to Durban to Drakensberg, South Africa

    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…