Arriving in Prague Sunday afternoon we were immediately thrown out of our comfort zone when the train we were on didn't stop at the main station but rather at an alternative station about 10min by metro from the centre. Having expected to jump off and walk to our accommodation we were now faced with trying to work out the Prague metro system and with no czech in our vocabulary except jizdenky (ticket) which Bec learnt on the train, and more than a fare share of d...

Leaving Munich another 4 hour train trip brought us to Vienna. With so many sights to see we hit the ground running and headed straight for the Schonbrunn Palace. The size of the palace and its gardens was overwhelming and left us wondering what they ever did with so much space. To see it in all its entirety would take at least a full day but we crammed what we could into 2 hours then headed for the nearest pub. The next day we put our walking shoes on and plan...

Wednesday we jumped on our first international train and headed to Munich. The 4 hour trip was surprisingly comfortable and relaxing in our first class compartment - sorry, probably the only time we'll ever get to travel first class ;)!We arrived at around 1.30pm and immediately set off to find our hotel. We soon realised that its location was right in the "red light" district, meters away from casinos, sex shops and strip clubs, but we felt safe enoug...

Reluctantly we left Gwalagwala and the African bush for another long journey. 20hours later we arrived in Zurich. With a very easy trip through customs, so easy you could almost walk straight out, it was time to work out how to catch the train. With our massive backpacks on and zero German in our vocabulary we found catching a train more difficult than we thought and jumped on a train we hoped was going where we wanted to go. Thankfully it was and we headed out t...

Due to the African bush not having wifi, we're having to write this retrospectively, but in summary it was amazing! Friday morning we flew out of Cape Town and direct to Kruger National Park to start our Safari. The flight took about 2.5 hours and then we had a 2 hour drive to get out to our lodge in the African bush, and when we finally arrived it was well worth it. Our "tent" was absolute luxury and with only 6 tents in the whole camp ie a maximum of ...