Excellent adventures in travel
By Wednesday morning, we had the routine down: collected from our chalets like goslings at 5:30 am and escorted to the lounge for a quick hit of beverages and muffins. Into the safari vehicle by 6am to greet dawn in the bush. About 4 hours hacking around looking for wildlife (broken by a “coffee stop” … Read more
Some of us were wide awake for our 5:15 am wake up call on Tuesday – others, not so much. Everyone managed to stumble to the reception area where coffee, tea, juice and muffins lured everyone into awake-ness. The five of us were joined today by Rob and Kay, a couple from Australia. Rob grew … Read more
On Monday morning, Vineyard Ventures collected us at 7:30 am for our transfer north to the Greater Kruger region. We left Cape Town International Airport on Airlink at 10:35 am for the 2.5 hour flight to Skukuza, a small airport serving the southern part of Greater Kruger. We had lovely views of CapeTown as we … Read more
Dominique, Matt and I spent Sunday on our own, riding the Table Mountain Cable Car and then spending most of the day at the gorgeous Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Table Mountain looms over Cape Town at just over 3500 feet. There are lots of hiking trails on the mountain, accessible either by walking up or … Read more
Hello all – Although the date of these posts are mid September- early October 2024, I’m writing them in March 2025. Sorting through 12,000+ photos took a bit longer than anticipated (ahem); coupled with Italian studies, normal life and the exceedingly abnormal dystopian craziness of our times, I’ve found it difficult to focus on fun … Read more