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Addo

Saturday, 19 February 2011

The journey back to Cape Town was going to be harder, with longer drives and fewer stops, so we made the most of our last morning at the Dungbeetle to chill out before moving one. We left about two in the afternoon, the plan being to drive through the Addo Elephant National Park which is [...]

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There’s No Government Like No Government

Friday, 18 February 2011

I can’t say I’ve ever watched Al Jazeera before, but I have caught it on and off while in Cape Town. Perhaps I should because it offers a decent news service, certainly things I didn’t know before, like Belgium setting a new world record for being without a government.

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Schotia

Friday, 18 February 2011

Our plan on reaching Addo was to visit the Elephant National Park, but the Dungbeetle suggested various other options and in the end we decided to spend our full day there relaxing in the morning and joining a safari in the afternoon and evening. Schotia is the oldest private game reserve in the Eastern Cape [...]

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Dungbeetle

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Resuming my delayed travelogue, the thrills of zip-lining through the forest were followed by the ennui of another long car journey from Storms River to Addo, beyond Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. We decided to stop off about halfway at Jeffery’s Bay, mainly because it is known as a surfer’s paradise and darling daughter [...]

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E is for English Heritage

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

One natural resource that England has aplenty is history. It’s all around us, and not just the grand palaces, castles, stately homes and cathedrals — it can also be found in the humblest of structures. The organisation charged with and protecting these buildings is English Heritage. Their criteria for ‘listing’ them is complex, but it [...]

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Like a Bird on a Wire

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

The reason we stopped over at Storms River was because we wanted to take the Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour as a much more sedate alternative to bungee jumping off Bloukrans Bridge. I think I must have got it into my head that it would be much like the canopy tour at Lower Loxley Hall on the [...]

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Herd it Through the Grapevine

Monday, 14 February 2011

We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in Plettenberg Bay yesterday and we were able to swap sections of the Sunday Times as we would do at home, although in our case it was the South African version. Some of the stories had a familiar ring to them — Bono being controversial by saying it was okay [...]

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Gloria

Sunday, 13 February 2011

It was last afternoon when we left the wedding party on the beach and headed for Storms River which took us across the impressive Bloukrans Bridge (R33 toll, no stopping, no photos). We arrived at Dijembe (left) just before seven. It looks basic, but then it is a backpackers hostel. Even so, there was a [...]

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As I Wasn’t Saying

Saturday, 12 February 2011

As I mentioned the other day, getting an internet connection can be a bit hit and miss and we lost it altogether on Wednesday while at Storms River. I had been just about to publish the post below when it happened and I have just back online after reaching Plattenberg, so I will be playing [...]

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