The Kruger Park The Joburg part of the trip again formed a filler between a sandwich of travels - but we had some great time with family, a big get together with the old London crowd (Simpsons, Pats, Kotsies and Saskia) over a feast of the finest SA steaks and beverages at the Local Grill, and a lovely leisurely braai at Charl's house with the Fouches and Davis clans (with Charlie on top form as ever). An early start for the long drive on the 26th May took us u...

Sodwana 3 May: An early start and we were picked up by Jack and Michelle to head to the coast -the stunning Sodwana Bay located just south of the South African and Mozambique border. After some clever packing to fit all the gear in we were off, stopping off en route for some first class biltong, and a little further into the journey in Jozini (bustling with all the locals, buses and getting parked in amongst open bakkies full of grapefruit and other fruits for s...

South Africa - the Coast. After a lovely couple of days in Joburg, seeing family, and catching up on everything we headed off for the next leg of our travels. The South African coastline!! An early start on the 9th (April) took us to Kimberley, with a tour of the "Big Hole" historic diamond mine. In the middle of nowhere this was a very interesting pit stop. Luckily for Sean I already have my big sparkly otherwise the pressure would have been on! Thi...