The trip to the Virunga Mountains, a volcano range, was traveling over a high mountain through village after village with a stream of people always walking along the side of the roads. All walking with a determined look and gait to get somewhere. Some of the women have massive cargos balanced on their head while some of the men were pushing bicycles with massive cargos balanced about the two wheels. Because of the constant presence of people and never end...

We flew from Johannesburg to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, which meant we covered about 1/3 of Africa. The flight was 4 hours, which gives you some idea of the length of Africa. Kigali is a bustling city with lots of people walking but also many motorcycle taxis that Jim had never seen before. They carry a helmet for the passenger then zip in and out of traffic quite scarily. We were met by our driver, Charles, in a Safari style Land Rover which seemed...

We had the best time here. Off to Rwanda tomorrow morning (6:00 a.m.)! I'm so excited to take Jim to see the silverbacks - after all I know where they are and sure I can find them. We will leave Kigali straight away with a +-3 hour drive to the Virunga Mountains where we will hike in on Tuesday and return to Kigali on Wednesday. Not sure if we will have internet connection while in the Mtns and will post pics later!!

On Saturday we when to the area called the Cradle of Mankind near Johanesburg. The first stop was at Sterkfontain Caves which is one of the most important sites in the discovery of human origins. Turns out the caves are caverns formed over 3 million years ago and were not were the early humans lived but were they accidentally fell into openinings at the surface loosely covered with dirt or brush. The fall was about three stories with no way out. Calcium ca...

We took the first day in South Africa to just relax like you should on a honeymoon. The Saxon Hotel is in Sandhurst, a very ritzy section of Johannesburg, and is very nice but encompassed with walls like everything else in Joburg. We had scheduled a jr. suite so Jim could get up early to read but got lucky and was assigned the Presidential suite which is +-2000 sq. ft. and more than comfortable! So, Thursday was a good work out on the treadmill and neat Tec...