Maun
After a lunch break in Nata (halfway between Kasane and Maun) and several more hoof and mouth inspections, we arrived in Maun to the Sedia Hotel, where we’d camp one night in preparation for our delta trip. The Sedia Hotel looked rather nice, with a restaurant, bar, reception are, and very decent pool. We’d decided […]
Hoof and Mouth: Botswana Border Crossing
A bright and early start Our two firestarters Donny and Rowan had volunteered for the one permanent position on our overland trip through Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. They were probably thinking it would enable them to avoid cooking and cleaning duties (the rotating teams). Of course, it didn’t hurt that “firestarter” sounded so […]
Livingstone Recovery
The market in downtown Livingstone is filled with woodcarvings of hippos, giraffe, warthogs, elephants, etc. They are lovely…but many are huge…and heavy, or fragile! How do people ever get them home? Some of the others had gone to the market with their T-shirts, shoes and things to trade for some of the carvings and other […]
Victoria Falls
Day 2. Rather than waste more time trying to get a status update on the lost luggage on a Sunday, we head to Victoria Falls. A 20,000 kwacha taxi ride got us to the front gates of this World Heritage Site. We visited the small visitor’s center, which displayed detailed information in a single room […]
Welcome to Livingstone
We’re not sure if Donny is cursed or if I’ve just been lucky, but his bag’s gone missing AGAIN! Thats 2 for 2. After losing hope the bag was just taking too long to be unloaded from the flight from Cape Town (via Johannesburg) we filled out the now-familiar forms with South African Airlines and […]
Namibia Nomad
We are leaving for a three week trek overland through Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and back to Cape Town. We ran around yesterday getting last minute supplies (sleeping bag and roll mat, cutlery, plate and mug, etc.) We had pretty much everything else we think we’ll need. Not having planned ahead for a trip like […]
Hoerikwaggo
The original inhabitants of the Cape – the Khoekhoen and San tribes – called Table Mountain Hoerikwaggo – “sea mountain,” and we had a beautiful hike to the top. The cloud that often surrounds it, otherwise known as the tablecloth, was nowhere to be seen as we started our trek. The route we took was through […]
Cape of Good Hope
This entry will be a brief introduction, as I’m running out of time (and we’re getting REALLY hungry). We had a great visit to the Cape Peninsula (Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point) today. Stops included the vineyards of Constantia, Hout’s Bay for a boat ride to see Seal Island (seals were stinky but […]
Robben Island
Robben Island was a short boat ride away from the Cape Town Waterfront, but a world away in atmosphere. Since Mandela’s release in 1991 (from a prison he’d been transferred to) the island has come to symbolize “the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom, and of democracy over oppression. ” (Quote from UNESCO World Heritage site) The tour was rather […]
Cape Town Waterfront
Our first full day in Capetown was spent at the Waterfront. We walked down from our hostel (the Ashanti Lodge), and it took about an hour. It’s been cool in the evening and pretty warm during the day. The cold is really only an issue at night. The hostel doesn’t have heat, but the blankets […]