Category: Africa
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During the night we were woken up by the rain just pouring down on the roof and the wind was furious too. The day dawned with heavy rain and wind- looks like we chose a good day to try wine! Up and down to the deli at the main house, where we devoured a breakfast…
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We woke to another stunning small Karoo morning- with the ostriches doing their dance and the Swartberg mountains looming ahead. We packed up and were on the road by 8:30 as we had about 450km drive ahead of us. We thought we would have a coffee and muffin in Oudtshoorn, but no luck and soon…
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After a chilly evening we woke to a gorgeous morning- we had coffee on the stoop and watched the ostriches parading, Down to the main lodge we had a scrumptious breakfast prepared by my fav chef- Banzi. Of course there was ostrich egg omelette and oats and fruit that we don’t eat in Canada. A…
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Tuesday July 12th and Plettenberg Bay was foggy and cloudy this morning. Robberg offered a good breakfast to start our day- a quick walk on the beach across the road and then we were off. We drove 9km out of Plett and hit our first stop- the Knysna Elephant Park. We arrived for the 11am…
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Monday morning too early, we had to be up at 4:45 AM! Our flights of King Shaka airport at seven so we had to get to the airport return the car and have breakfast, we were tired before we were even left Natal! On the flight to PE Danica and I both had a nap…
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Sunday and our last day in Durban- once again a beautiful morning. Lynn and Errol had stayed in the spare room and were up early. They left, the girls stayed in bed and Frank and I took a walk up to the Umhlanga Lagoon- a stunning morning to be on the beach. There were so…
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Saturday July 9th and someone is turning 13! Another gorgeous day in Umhlanga was on the horizon. We had a little bit of a sleep in and then Lynn and Errol arrived at 10:30 for a day of adventure. We followed them down to the Durban beachfront and parked at Mini Town- I didn’t pop…
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Today Friday- we were so luck to have 2 of my very good friends from school join us. Tarryn- who used to live across the road from me and Colette with her daughter Kaylee met up here at 9:30 ish. So amazing to see them! We followed them to the first stop Moses Mabhida stadium,…
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Thursday we woke to a cloudy day – but the wind had at least stopped. We decided to head to my old stomping ground today. We GPS’d it out and off we went, it all came back so quick. Once we turned off the M4 and onto Jacobs Road I turned of the GPS and…
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Wednesday July 6th and we decided this morning to skip our last safari ride- truly we had seen more animals than we thought we would and we wanted to enjoy the lodge as our stay was so short. I woke up at 7 and while the rest slept I sat on the lookout deck, sipping…
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