We took a somewhat circular route to Cape Town but this gave us the chance to see some of South Africas' famous wine country as well as the quaint towns of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. There are full-on multiday tours through the many wineries that dot this part of the country with serious sampling to be done at each stop, but since my wine palate stopped developing after too many binges with boxes of Gimili Goose (do they still put fine wine like that in ca...

After her naked life and death struggle with the pigeon in the campground shower facility, it was probably a bit early to be talking to DH about another, slightly more dangerous, wildlife encounter in South Africa. But this was one of our WOW list adventures we had been targeting for quite some time- diving with Great White Sharks near Gansbaii. These were the big boys with the razor sharp teeth made famous in that Jaws movie. The film depicted the great white sh...

It`s not often the invention of the automobile, womens fashions, and ostriches find themselves in the same conversation. And even more unlikely that Oudtshoorn South Africa would be the epicentre of this unlikely collision. During the mid-1860s Oudtshoorn experienced a boom time and the main reason for the surge in prosperity was the ostrich, whose feathers had become fashionable accessories among my Princess`ancestors in the European nobility. Feather exports sa...

Outside of Kruger, the Addo Elephant National Park is probably the most well known park in South Africa. Like many parks, the public is allowed to take their personal vehicles through on game drives- although after the Wounded Zebra thundered through Addo, there may be a serious rethinking of that policy. We thought it would be a great idea to turn our somewhat dilapidated camper into a safari vehicle for a number of reasons. First of all, we had never done anyth...

While wandering the planet with DH I have learned that there is an optimum amount of information and advance notice that needs to be provided before we embark on any adventures that might result in serious bruising, blood loss, or broken bones. Not enough information may result in an absolute refusal to partake ("surprises are for kids"), and too much information may result in an absolute refusal to partake ("are you out of your mind?"). So while we were at the M...