On 28 September 2012, we stood at the border of Brazil and Argentina marvelling at the majestic Iguazu Falls. Consisting of almost 300 individual falls (depending on water levels) spanning 2.7 km with a maximum height of 82 meters, no other waterfall in the world comes close to being as impressive as that. Except one.Fast forward 3 years and we find ourselves standing at another border – this time between Zambia and Zimbabwe – marvelling at another ...

If I were to liken our trip to a three-course meal (it's always about food), the safari would be the main course. As with all three-course meals, there is the appetizer. Botswana – or more specifically the Chobe National Park in Botswana – was the appetizer to the main course of our trip. Not because the national parks in Botswana is inferior to the ones in South Africa, but because we only had one full day there, versus an entire week in the S...

On 31 December 2011, an Australian tourist bungee-jumped off the Victoria Falls bridge at the Zambia-Zimbabwe border. At 111 meters, it’s one of the highest bungee jump in the world. She was the 105th person to jump that day. Everything leading up to the point of her jump appeared routine. And then, every thrill-seeker’s worst nightmare happened – the bungee chord snapped. She plunged into the raging Zambezi river below. Although she mirac...

OK, fine – it wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds.We were driving along the Garden Route, a popular, 800 km drive from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth. One of the stops we made was Mossel Bay, at around the halfway point – the perfect place to break the long drive, not just for the seafood and great views, but also to go cage-diving with Great Whites. Yup, people do these things for fun. There are other spots throughout South Africa to do this but Mo...

About 14 hours after taking off from Singapore, we touched down in Cape Town, South Africa. And it didn’t take us nearly as long to realize that Cape Town is surprisingly…European. The street names. The large retail chains. Even the grey, English weather.Fortunately for us, the similarities end there. Cape Town, where Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias once famously sailed around thus connecting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, is located within ...