Kruger national park We set out for our 4 day safari in Kruger on the 17th. We had to be up at 5 to catch our transfer to the park at 6, which arrived bang on time so without any breakfast we left. We did stop a few times however and I was able to get a pepper steak pie and some billtong, it wasnt the breakfast I ever had but one of the meatiest. We arrived around 12 and got picked up by our driver Dan. At the park gate stood a massive bull elephant probaly th...

The best part of the tour so far is Coffee bay, a small bay on the coast of the Khazulu Natal region. To get there you need to catch a return shuttle for the cost of R110 which takes an hour each way. Upon arrival at the coffee shack (the hostel) you get a free drink and the day go's downhill from there really. There isn't too much to do in coffee bay, there is a drum school, surf lessons and treks, but it is too late in the day to do that when you arrive, so you...

Cape Town We touched down in cape town at about 8 (south African, UK+1), the tarmac of the runway was already baking and I worked up a sweat just walking to the transfer shuttle. I read on the internet the day before that the temperature would be somewhere in the 30Cs today. We made our way through the international terminal going through customs, collecting our bags and such. Then we arranged our transfer from the airport to out hostel, Ashanti Lodge. We wait...