South Africa Observations.... * There are bars on many of the shop windows and doors, especially in towns and cities * You have to buzz to get into some shops * There are public security officers on street corners in some towns, they look like local people wearing orange bibs and i'm not sure how much of a good job they do, but it's a bit strange to see them! * There's a real divide amongst the people, both with race and wealth. * The towns are pretty well b...

We woke up early, very excited about the next 5 days in Kruger, and got a shuttle to the airport where we picked up the car. It was a long 400 km drive from Johannesburg to Kruger park so we arrived at 4pm and checked in at Numbi gate. Once through the gate we had a 20 minute little game drive, full of expectations, to get to our accommodation at Pretoriuskop camp site. Unfortunately we didn't see anything on the way and started to wonder if we'd be the only pe...

The bus dropped us off in Durban about 10pm, by which time we were pretty shattered, and we checked into the happy hippo hostel, which although had been recommended to us by a few people, looked pretty crap and in the middle of nowhere. The facilities were OK but it was like a big warehouse that had been converted into a hostel so it wasn't very cozy and had no atmosphere at all. We upgraded to a double room from the dorm we had booked so at least we had some pr...

We got picked up from Port Elizabeth early and after a morning on the bus, with bus driver handing out free food to various people from the townships along the way which was quite sweet, we arrived at Cintsa. Cinsta was a tiny little town which was basically made up of a sprawling hostel with rooms in cabins, spread out over a hill overlooking the beach, and a few houses and shops the other side of the beach which you had to walk over the beach to get to, and in...

When we eventually left Hermanus we moved on to Wilderness, the next stop along the Baz Bus route, and supposedly a pretty chilled place. To claw back some time we only booked to stay there for 1 night which when we arrived realised was plenty! It was a beautiful spot with a nice sleepy little town but there wasn't much to do, and although our hostel was good it was empty. We walked into the nearby village and had a look round (which took 5 mins as there was n...