Boots on the Loose

Got to town and immediately took a wrong turn bringing us to the completely wrong end of town during rush hour with no decent map. Sweet. …on the plus side, feeling a million times more confident about Johannesburg compared to…

An EXTENSIVE day’s drive from Port Saint John to the northern part of the Drakensberg Mountains (probably 9 hours with a number of wrong turns in there), pulled into our guesthouse near the foot of Cathkin Peak near sunset. The…

An hour from Jeffreys Bay back to Pt. Elizabeth, then a good 3 hours east to East London (plus another half hour to Chintsa). Not far after PE is the start of the “Wild Coast” which is legendary for its…

After a night up in Franschoek (more winery, lovely dinner at one of SA’s finest), headed up and over the mountain pass that dominates the town (starting to feel a little “wined out” by morning), around an hours drive to…

It truly can’t be overstated how beautiful Capetown is. Easily the most liveable city we’ve been to on the trip, in my opinion the 2nd nicest city in the world (after Vancouver of course…or maybe it’s the first…). Right on…

Drove back from Kruger the same route we had taken to it from Jo’burg, except heading north at the last minute beore entering the mammoth city. About halfway between Jo’burg and Pretoria where the slums are, had signs up everywhere…

Took a good 4 hours to drive from Jo’burg to Sabie. Landscape started very flat and dry with plenty of farms all around (and lots of nuclear power plants scattered about), but around halfway turned quite green and mountainous. Passed…

Josie… in the house!! (that one’s for you, Alissa and Jamie 🙂 Pulled into Johannesburg just after noon (after yet another 6am bus journey, this one out of Gabarone, Botswana) to the biggest skyline we’ve seen since the last time…