Catch up on our latest adventures here :
An Oasis of Calm in Eswatini
From the moment we crossed the border into Swaziland (renamed Eswatini by the King in 2018, apparently to the annoyance of the people!) everything was different. There was a sense of calm and peacefulness. Even…
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A Time for Reflection
We have spent 3 months in South Africa, the first part waiting for Henry, the second part exploring the Western Cape and the final part rushing around like mad things trying to do everything else!…
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Mountains and Snow in Southern Africa
After a very bad day, we had had a lovely evening and slept like logs that night, refreshed and ready to face the world again. I was first up, just after 6am, and looked out…
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Addo Elephant Park
After arriving late that evening, we decided to spend two nights at Addo Elephant Park, giving us a full day and a half to explore. We weren´t sure what to expect, some places we´ve visited…
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Angels and Demons
We left Addo early afternoon and headed for the Nananga Farm Stall recommended by an East London local I’d been chatting to at the waterhole. First thing we were greeted with was a sign saying…
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The Wild, Wild East!
We drove out of Knysna full of anticipation and excitement for the resuming of our journey east. We had spent our entire time in South Africa so far in the westernised, developed Western Cape –…
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Henry´s Hiccup in the Mountains of Wilderness
We left you at the end of the last post having an idyllic few days travelling the Garden Route. We had made it to the town of Wilderness, floating on the river in the national…
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Interlude – Cats!
I have to admit, my firmly held belief that ´there is no such thing as too much cheese´ has, very occasionally, been found to have its limits – the cheese farm you´ll read about in…
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The Call of the Open Road – Heading East
South Africa is officially cold! Beautiful, friendly, easy to travel around but cold! We are heading into winter and the temperatures morning and evening can be anywhere from 6 to 16 degrees and generally damp.…
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Return of the Prodigal Son – It´s all about Henry!
For those of you that get your alerts on the Whatsapp group, you will already know that this is a very happy blog! We left you at the end of the last post excited that…
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Soaking up the Scenery on the Garden Route
We bought a fridge! That may not sound like the most exciting – or appropriate – thing for two nomadic travellers to do, however the lack of a camping fridge in the Hilux we were…
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