Hi everybody!Apologies for the time passed since the last update, we have been very busy having fun and frolicking (!) and unfortunately Africa seems to have very few internet cafes!Since the last update we have actually changed country but we will fill you in with what happened before then. Hermanus was beautiful and had very high potential to be a place we could retire to, though we are only 22 so thats not top of our agenda (maybe it was the nightlife which in...

Hey guys!Were trying to keep the updates as frequent as possible so heres the next one!Since we last posted, we have visited Port Elizabeth but only on an overnight stop (our new friends Lee and Gemma stayed there for a couple of days and supposedly it was very nice). We decided to move onwards so that we could see some more places in the time we have left. The next stop was Jefferys Bay, home of the annual Billabong surfing championships. After a morning of shop...

(message posted on 28th September 2006)Hi Everybody!Heres another update from the two most beige dressed travellers in SA. Since we last spoke we have left St Lucia. En route to the "Wild Coast" region, we had to stop one night in the Blackpool-esque city of Durban. The next day (Alec and Debbies anniversary by chance!) we woke to find that there were only 2 spare seats in the Backpackers Bus leaving to our next stop. Therefore the two gentlemen Alec an...

Hi everyone,Just a quick message to keep you all up to date. Since we last posted, we have left Swaziland and moved back into South Africa. Were currently staying in St Lucia, a beautiful little coastal town with over 1500 crocodile and 900 hippo inhabitants. We have to be careful at night since the hippos like to roam the streets and they can run at over 50kmph. We timed her and Debbie is fractionally slower than this. In our time here we have been on a couple o...

Hi everyone!This is just a little update on our trip since we have arrived in SwazilandFirst of all we would both like to say a big thanks to everyone who has posted messages on our site, it has made us both very happy to know that people are thinking about us whilst we are awayMatthew - The monkey order is fine, we can get you a young and virile specimin or old and flaccid - your choiceSue - I dont know if you knew that all messages went on the public forum, may...