Dienstag, 21. August 2012

Safari by car

lake elend - 600m of the 4 km zip-line

Heidi's coming to land

the people that you meet travelling

mongoose relaxing

1st night camping with Heike, Peter and Jule
hornbill


look at those eyelashes


ground squirrel not on the ground

kudus


vervet monkey

lion patting by Jule

smile

Heike and cub

cold night behind the coffee shop

breakfast

baobab tree

wild camping in Botswana


Kingfisher at the Okavango
barbecue at the backpackers in Maun (Botswana)

Moreni National Park Botswana

Marabu







Peter the bridge inspector

3rd bridge camping site in Moremi

one of the few lions we saw

finding out our 4x4 doesn't work!


visitors to the campsite and Peter

boat trip on the Okavanga



look at those feet


lunch stop


Kingfisher at the Okavanga

Namibian elephant at the border

Jules 9th birthday (with buffet and Oryx steaks)



border Namibia -Botswana


first campers at the not yet built camping ground


full lion - unlucky elephant

left over buffalo

engaging the four wheel drive
Chobe National Park in Botswana
black backed jackal

jackal sitting in the cadaver

popeling


lunch stop with guests


Now that we have 4x4 we can help others



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Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe


Donnerstag, 12. Juli 2012

Stellenbosch to Umtentweni

wet trekking in Stellenbosch (10 of 15 km in rain)


Drying out in the Backpackers in Stellenbosch

don't know the name of these critters but they live in the rocky cliffs of Hermanus:


 after 3 days of storms and high winds the weather was good enough for us to move on (starting problems)

made it to the southern most point of Africa!

indian ocean green, atlantic ocean blue; Cape Agulhas -believe it or not.

first diesel enfields at Cape Agulhas

sponge found on the beach, wonder what it looks like underwater?

Jens practising his yoga


man powered barge

did we take a wrong turn somewhere?

view down onto Wilderness beach

again a man powered pontoon, in a park that we would have to had paid 8€/12AUS$,  had a free pass from the backpackers!

nice walk to waterfall

map of the village of Wilderness, backpackers and surrounds

camp grounds at Plettenberg Bay


given a BBQ to use in the camping ground for the duration of the Whale Ride Bike Rally and wood delivery everyday!

found the G spot on a day ride!


Prince Alfred pass

top of Prince Alfred Pass, behind Plettenberg Bay


like the connection? KFC and flag!

a group of bikers attending the rally

burning rubber!


Heidi wins the price for the longest distance for women (16.000km)

Enfield in beer tent, won the Rat bike prize!


on the way to Port Elisabeth, playing on the road

hotwater bottle to warm the sleeping bag

kitchen of the Backpackers in Port Elizabeth

coastal walk at Coffee Bay

these plants are everywhere, whole hillsides full of them but not in plague proportions. look really good


sea anomea(spelling?)


coastline at Coffee Bay, they grow coffee a couple of kms inland



there are alot of similar signs in most shops here in SA

one of Heidi's clutch plates that she manages to damage somehow!?


Thomas's house that we are house sitting

Max comes with the house. we take him walkies every morning now

the car that we have rented with our friends Heike, Peter & Jule