Phinda Game Reserve Executive Summary Back in the lifestyle to which we became accustomed (hah), all-inclusive style A different landscape to Sabi Sands/Kruger with a different concentration of animals Discovered a new beer - Hansa! The Australian cricket team's performance made for a good conversation starter with the South African visitors and staff at the lodge (until they failed miserably) Baby rhino - 2nd cutest baby animal ev...

On the road to Swaziland Executive Summary A 'short drive' turns out to be 6 hours More potholes, chickens, goats, schoolchildren, hawkers, hitchhikers, mothers with babies, cows, and crazy drivers on the roads Swaziland is a beautiful country with stunning scenery I don't, however, recommend getting lost there after dark. After a perfect 3 days at Sabi Sands we bid farewell to the lodge bound for a night in Swaziland en route to Phind...

Sabi Sands / Singita Executive Summary Big 5 plus some - check Baby leopard in tree and elephant in must are the 2 highlights from these 3 days Greeted by an elephant having breakfast the 2nd morning...5 metres from the room. A beautiful setting in which to have my first safari experience - Ahhhhh Singita Ebony Lodge! Current career thoughts - South Africa-based game reserve staff Well Ok it's technically May 1st so I really need to...

Executive Summary - I don't recommend the Audi A4 for its ignition mechanism nor its base clearance - First lesson of driving in South Africa well learned - assume you will travel the highways at the pace of 40kms an hour and be happy with anything faster than that - Second lesson of driving in South Africa also learned - these people are crazy - Music listened to: Crowded House, Ben Lee - which I thought would hold multi-generational appear but turns out it ...

Executive Summary - Visited Hahndorf South Australia, or the Amana Colonies, Iowa, equivalent in South Africa - Can add 'springbok' to my list of strange and exotic foods eaten - Further to that, there are many different types of Biltong, not all good - South African sparkling wine could use some improvement - Finally the jet lag subsides After breakfast at the guest house and a stroll around the gardens we headed off back to Jo'burg. We stopped by a butche...