We finished up our work at Baphumelele Children's Home this morning (with lots of tears from Magge) and have a few more days in Cape Town before we tackle more of this country. We will rent a car and drive roughly 4,000km over twenty days. As opposed to our blitzkrieg style roadtrips in New Zealand and Australia, where we slept in a new location every other night, we decided to stay in fewer spots for longer periods of time. Here's our tentative schedule, mostly for the benefit of our mothers since we'll often be without internet over the next three weeks.
November 22: Leave Cape Town, drive to Stormsriver in Tsitsikamma National Park. We're stopping here mainly to break up a long drive, but there should be some nice hikes.
November 24: Nqileni village, Wild Coast. A very rural area off the beaten trail.
November 29: Coffee Bay, Wild Coast. More spectacular South African coastline.
December 2: Somewhere in the Drakensberg Mountains. We haven't decided where we'll stay yet, but we know that we want to spend a few days in the mountains.
December 5: Graskop. A small town that will make for a convenient base for a quick trip to the Blyde River Canyon before we head to Kruger.
December 6: Kruger National Park. South Africa's best known game reserve.
December 11: Pretoria. Probably just a bed for the night before our flight - I doubt we'll explore this city at all.
December 12: Fly to London.
November 17, 2010
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Thanks for the update. Winding down and wrapping up.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be waiting.
Whoa, it won't be long before we see both of you back home. SWEET!
ReplyDeleteThunderbolt! Noooo, without any internet or much of it for the next three weeks what a severe punishment. As long as you can post a quick twitter update often I think I will be able to handle this incommunicado.
What a great way to finish off your round-the-world trip by visiting great outdoor territories. Make sure to take lots of pictures while you are in Kruger National Park. Dad will relish every one of them.
Enjoy the rest of this trip while I count the days before I get to see you guys! Love ya, xo
Wow, I want to go! Sounds perfectly wonderful. I am with Lucie, Twitter updates please. I drove to Roxboro this morning and thought of both of you. The sky was crisp and clear, the leaves magnificent, and a chill in the air meaning you will be home soon. I can hardly wait. Be safe love you dearly
ReplyDeleteHow was the soccer game!?!? I saw that USA won. I hope you guys had a good time in Cape Town...seems like a wonderful part of Africa.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see you guys in December! I hope we can make it up to hang out with you two a little bit when you get back.
Magge - I have some wine with your name on it when you get back. Now that I say that...I may need to buy more...
Jeff - Sorry about the Vols this season...although we were in a bar last weekend watching the Mississippi game with about 50 other Vols fans and had a great time. The Vandy game this weekend should be a good one.
Laters!
When I say we won't have internet, it's not because it will be expensive or difficult, but because there will be no electricity, let alone internet. We'll do our best, but there'll be long stretches (like when we're on the Wild Coast) where they'll be no contact.
ReplyDeleteWhatever the reason for no or little internet not hearing from you will be tough. Hearing from you this morning made my day brighter!
ReplyDeleteYou have lots of driving planned for the upcoming 20 days or so. If you are like Dad the driving is part of the trip. If you are more like me (which I don't think is the case) the driving gets in the way.
I just mapped out your journey and looked at pictures on the internet of spots on your itinerary, looks ambitious. If I were there I would have fun driving you guys!
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