The Long Drive: Doornkop back to the Start – Johannesberg (Day 9)
We must end our journey to begin a new one, or else how will be appreciate them! It’s time to leave and head back to where I began nine days ago!
A Long Drive: Underberg to Doornkop (Day 7)
Jagged peaks to rolling plains, the journey is varied and never the same! Today was really about going somewhere to be somewhere. (654km) I had to meet my folks and friends by nightfall and the distance in between us was vast. It is only when you are on the road and moving that you realise…
A Long Drive: East London to Underberg (Day 6)
A dash from the roar of the sea to the height of the Drakensberg Mountains Waking up to the warm humidity of East London this morning and looking out my window at the green vegetation and lovely blue sky, I felt like my trip had gone well. I had visited a National Park, seen animals,…
A Long Drive: Knysna to East London (Day 5)
Waking to the sea, driving past wind farms and arriving at an Estuary Harbour. The sound of the sea evokes all kinds of emotions in me. The rush of the waves, the ebb and flow of the low rumble always moves me. It seems to connect with some deep down feeling of calm that all…
A Long Drive: Karoo to Knysna (Day 4)
What does a Coffee, Cape Hare and a Waterfall have in common? It’s a Long Drive of Course! I woke before sunrise today in the Karoo National Park. In the distance I can hear a lion roaring letting us all know that it is morning again and he is off to bed! What a sound…
A Long Drive: Kimberley to Karoo (Day 3)
To see the morning rise and enjoy the evening pass is to experience the day in full! What an amazing place to be! Thomas’s Place is certainly worth the stay, even if it is not far from the road, the air is crisp, the sky clear and I could hear the sheep having a little…
A Long Drive: Welkom to Kimberley (Day 2)
Burning Heat and Salt Pans, oh what excitement! Salt pans, in the middle of the burning heat of the Orange Free state in South Africa, no I wouldn’t believe it… not unless I had seen it today with my own eyes. Areas of land, drying out to leave behind crystal white salt. The temperature here…
A Long Drive: Johannesburg to Welkom (Day 1)
Any trip begins with the first 324kms! South Africa is Big, their holes are big, the food is big and the animals are big, but nothing makes it feel so much bigger than when you drive between different points. I set off on Thursday afternoon for a trip to the Orange Free state, the farming…
Kruger Park – South Africa (Pt 2)
Established 1898: SANParks – Kruger National Park is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies. South African National Parks
Kruger Park – South Africa (Pt 1)
A National Park to Rival the World – Kruger National Park The Size of Wales or Israel, this really is a park dedicated to wildlife in South Africa and possibly the world. Why, would I give this so much praise, such a high accolade, you will have to continue reading…
Battlefields: Dundee, South Africa
Dundee – South Africa, the heart for a Battlefields Trip This was my first time to Dundee, well Dundee in South Africa. I have been to Dundee in Scotland and I can assure you it was certainly not as cold not was it all rock! No Dundee in South Africa has its roots in coal,…