Tired and bedraggled, we arrived out our airport hotel late at night, after a long …
Merry Christmas from Sam and James
Back in April this year, Sam and I travelled by bus along the aptly named …
Durbs
Durbs (Durban to the uninitiated) is big. Coming in through the extensive industrial sections …
Cock-up in Kokstad
I write this through broken reading glasses. You will soon find out why. We have …
on the way to Coffee Bay
The South African backpacker circuit is dominated by Germans and Dutch, but you meet people …
Living it up on the Wild Coast
Two long bus trips have taken us into and then out of the city of …
Conversations in the Wilderness
The most important tool of the intervention thus far has proven to be fellow …
the back of the bus
I write this from the back of a backpacker’s bus heading from Hermanus, a sleepy …
not all smooth sailing..
There had always been some apprehension about taking a child with special needs around Africa …
why history matters
Last day in Cape Town after a busy but wonderful 5 days. Today was a …