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…
Category Africa
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…