Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

We returned from our island(s) adventures to mainland Africa and caught up with a great friend of our, Fi Royds, in Johannesburg. Johannesburg has come in leaps and bounds from the occasionally dangerous and not so pretty place we saw it as in September 2007. It seems a lot more safe and friendly and there are some really nice areas to visit. It is also the biggest Man-Made Forest in the world!!

Cape Town is such a beautiful place nesting between the backdrop of Table Mountain and the stunning Waterfront, and for a tourist there is so much to see and do here. Having spent a week here back in 2007, we had already enjoyed so many beautiful sites so this time around we were fitting in a few new things.

The South African Diary.... (is much shorter than the others) Day 27: Crossing the border into South Africa was pretty exciting for a couple of reasons. The first being that we were getting closer to our final destination - the very beautiful Cape Town. The 2nd being that we would be taking the road through the ...