Just a few snaps from the southern coast of South Africa.

Weather: 6-25C Reading my last post, I was none to kind to South Africa. As of this post nothing's changed and it will still all end in tears! Although I must admit, that it has the best scenery of all the Sub Saharan countries we have visited. Beautiful coast line, mountain’s rolling into the sea, grand vistas. Yes, it is visually appealing. The Garden Coast down south and to the east of Cape Town rates highly, but the stretch of coastline south of Cape...

We have been working or way down the East Coast of South Africa for the past few days. As the title of the post suggests the drivers are equal to the worst we have had to deal with on the trip. Ten fatalities on one five hundred kilometer stretch in four days according to the local rag yesterday. Staying out of trouble on the roads for the remainder of the trip is keeping me focused. The drivers take unbelievable risks mainly during overtaking and at highway spee...

3 July 2011 Temperature: 6-20C Well, after five nights in and around Kruger NP we spent our last morning heading south through the lowest section of the park. No more than an hour on the road, and we find three lions slobbering all over the remains of a not long deceased Cape buffalo. My goodness they do tuck in. If there's an opening they will make it larger. But these things are all part of Mother Nature’s rich tapestry aren’t they! A Leopard st...

Rob has improved thank goodness, but the doctor said if it was malaria it may come back so we need to keep vigilant, apparently the medication we were given in Australia isn't the preferred treatment here and it may still be lurking in his liver. Anyway we're back on the road, after abandoning our trip to Blyde River Canyon this morning because of smoke from forestry burn offs. We had another day in Kruger NP, but because of the school holidays the camp grounds i...