Following Victoria Falls and jumping off of the tour, I had originally planned to spend a couple of weeks in Zimbabwe, en route to Malawi. Unfortunately, the situation in Zimbabwe had deteriorated dramatically, with major food shortages, 19 hour rolling…
After Chobe National Park in Botswana, we headed to the border to cross into Zimbabwe. Really early. Like 4:30am wake up call. We wanted to be the first ones at the border in order to lower the chance of having…
All photos in this post are from Dave who joined our tour in Windhoek- check out his work at @BRTNphotography on Instagram. Thanks Dave and fellow Canadians for the photos and supplies! From Windhoek and Namibia, we crossed another easy…
After kayaking down the Orange River which straddles South Africa and Namibia, my overland tour and I crossed over the river and the border, entering Namibia. The border crossing was easy, and most of us didn’t require visas, which is…
In which I go against my travel nature and join a group tour for three weeks. In all of my years of travel, I have never done a group tour. I have done day tours, of course, and the odd…
After Alysson left from Capetown, I headed to another hostel for one night, where I pretty much rested all day and had a very early night. Two weeks of wine tasting takes its toll! I had an open ended Baz…
Feeling refreshed after our night at the hot springs, we headed to a winery for lunch before heading back to Cape Town. I think we managed 8 or 9 wineries in our time in South Africa, which is fairly impressive…
After a bit of a late start in Cape Aghulus, we headed out to explore the southernmost point of Africa, hiking up a very steep lighthouse, walking the coast, and taking the necessary geographical sign photos. Cape Aghulus is a…
Luggage in hand, the next morning we finally got going, stopping at a beautiful, old, storied winery in the hills of Stellenbosch, before continuing onto Franschhoek, a lovely small town in the heart of wine country. It’s a bit of…
After finally arriving in Cape Town, albeit without my bags, again, I had a day before my friend (and former roommate) arrived for two weeks. As my bag was coming that night, or the next day, I didn’t bother going…