We left J’burg for Cape Town the next day via a domestic South African airways flight. We had been to […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-eight
Next stop was the first of two shebeens. A shebeen is basically a township bar that until recently were illegal […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-seven
Our first stop was the “poor end of town” which in size is the smallest part of Soweto but also […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-six
The main reason that we had elected to stay in J’burg the extra night was to see Soweto. Soweto you […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-five
The hostel itself was an old large rambling single storey house with hand me down furniture spread haphazardly around the […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-four
It was as the guy from Budget was driving away that a rather worrying thought crossed my mind. What if […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-three
We found the Isandlwana battlefield quite eerie and moving. Monuments and unmarked graves in the form of stone cairns (piles […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-two
In the middle to the end of nineteenth century a large group of Afrikaners, (descendants of the original, mainly Dutch, […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty-one
What Giant’s castle is really known for is its 5000 Bushmen Rock Paintings and the twelve species of Antelope and […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Twenty
The accommodation at Royal Natal was more than we wanted to pay so we took our chances on the road. […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Nineteen
The most popular walk in the park is the Gorge walk. Talk to any South African who has been here […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Eighteen
Being in Southern Africa we did however see lots of Baboons. Let me rephrase that we actually heard them first […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Seventeen
On our first visit to South Africa in 1996, we had very briefly skirted the Drankesberg ranges and had promised […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Sixteen
The rest of our journey in Lesotho passed without incident as we passed the odd town, which appeared more western […]
African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Fifteen
That tricky river crossing was the final challenge and can you believe it wee stopped for lunch about ten minutes […]
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