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Travelling to Bloemfontein... The city of Roses
Published: October 18th 2012Africa » South Africa » Free State » Bloemfontein
October 18th 2012
As we finished early at KwaZulu Natal, we decided to fly to Bloemfontein to exlpore the city of Roses. This city is beautiful and the people are friendly, as we all know that this place is well known for its beautiful history and the Its also called the judiicial caoital of South Africa since 1910. Theres a lot of things to enjoy at this hostitable city, things like anglican cathedral, bonoyical gardens, fountain, antional museum, national womans memorial, sand du plessis theatre and the state president swart park,kings park and zoological gardens. like I said the Bloemfontein is full of history and a lot of old buildings with the history of our country. there is also an appeal court, which is the largest court in the country. People come and enjoy the bloemfontein in its free ... read more
Getting ready.........one week to go!!
Published: June 20th 2012Africa » South Africa » Free State » Bloemfontein
June 20th 2012
Yippie......China ons is amper oppad! Busy making the last arrangements for our almost 4 week trip to CHINA. Hoop julle geniet die blog wat ek gaan maak van ons trip. Will keep you posted as we journey around China.... read more
Volunteering in South Africa - Cheetah Experience
Published: February 18th 2013Africa » South Africa » Free State » Bloemfontein
July 25th 2011
My final destination on my big adventure was South Africa, where I had arranged to volunteer at a big cat sanctuary called Cheetah Experience :(http://www.cheetahexperience.com/) in Bloemfontein for 3 weeks. I have to admit it was quite a culture shock going from living the aussie life down under to living in Africa, more so than I could have ever imagined. After a few days though I settled in and within no time at all Bloem became my home and the other volunteers were my family. Each country I visited over the 3 months was so insanely different, it was a struggle to adapt sometimes, but it made life a lot more interesting! So, we were living in a volunteer house just down the road from the sanctuary, and wow it was such luxury after backpacking for ... read more
Cocktails, good food and rugby players... the only way to start and end South Africa!
Published: February 18th 2013Africa » South Africa » Free State » Bloemfontein
July 24th 2011
The day I arrived at Johannesburg airport to meet the volunteers I'd be living with for the next few weeks, I did in fact meet the people who would become not only my best friends, but also my family. Within 24 hours I felt like I knew these people so well, and that we would all be so close while living here in South Africa. You guys are the best :) Im gonna miss you all so much! I met Stacey, Lloyd, Jay and Rory in Joburg, and we were driven to Pretoria for our orientation and to meet the other volunteers not just from our group, but those going on al sorts of different projects all over South Africa. That day we went to a local sports bar for lunch, and this is where my ... read more
July 10th 2010
Friday (25/6/10) After a well needed sleep in, we packed up our gear, said goodbye to our hosts and fellow backpackers on route to Bloemfontain. By the time we packed everything away we knew we’d never make it in day light hours so booked a room a Kloomsted happy to have a night out of the tent. Nearly six hours later we arrived to Arcadia Guesthouse on the outskirts of Kloosmted a gorgeous Greek themed B &B set in beautiful gardens. After a stroll around the garden we made the most of our luxurious surrounds sampling a bottle of the Nederburg Pinotage and a hot bath …. Bliss. We took some time out from the soccer tuning into Lleyton’s third round win at Wimbledon. Game over we had dinner at the Arcadia restaurant dining on some ... read more
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May 16th 2008
Is nog tans in Bfn, en is erg opgewonde oor ons trippie wat voorle. Kan nie wag nie. Hier is 'n foto van toe ons in die Fillippyne was, en ons hoop dit gaan weer soortgelyk wees. SON, STRAND, SEE, SNORKEL, STORIEBOEK-LEES, SPEKVET WORD, EN LAASTENS ONTSPAN... read more
Almost time to come home!
Published: January 26th 2008Africa » South Africa » Free State » BloemfonteinJanuary 26th 2008
Still in Cape Town, we moved to Long Street which is a long street full of restaurants, bars and clubs. The street was always busy with people and noise from the bars all night which was nice while we were out, but got a little annoying when we wanted to sleep! The place we were staying had a balcony that overlooked the street so you could always see what was going on below. We were right in the heart of the street and all the excitement. While in Cape Town we did a wine tasting tour which started off with a bike ride to the first wine farm. We visited 3 farms and ended up pretty tipsy! Hehe! After Cape Town we moved on to Oudtshoorn which was about a 5 hour drive away. We should ... read more
Made it safely to South Africa!!!
Published: November 30th 2007Africa » South Africa » Free State » BloemfonteinNovember 30th 2007
So im finally here in South Africa! WooHoo! Ive been here a couple of days now and managed to find an internet cafe so i can keep in contact with all of ya. So... the LONG flight actually wasn't as bad as i was expecting it to be although we did get quite a bit of turbulence! But we were able to see the Eiffel tower and some lightening storms from the plane, so that was pretty cool! Once we landed the weather was not as hot as i was expecting, in face its been pretty crazy! One minute it will be really hot and sunny, then all of a sudden it will change, the sky will get cloudy, the wind will pick up, there will be really heavy rain (with the biggest rain drops i ... read more
August 1st 2007
As they pictures paint a thousand words, and as at this point I can't be assed (or actually afford) to write up my blog I am going to publish the relevant pages with pictures only....then leave all you fans wondering about the stories behind them until I get home and spend a day updating them with stories...after I have updated my journal to remind myself what has actually happened...I look at some of these pictures and thought...what the hell!... read more
February 27th 2007
Today we ride from the Cavern to Bloemfontein. Ok, I might have compared the regiment activity schedule of this resort to that of a penitentiary earlier but I’m really digging living in a building with a thatch roof. Having stayed earlier in one at Addo, I still can’t figure out how they put one together - yet. I was supposed to ride with Peter T this morning. We had discussed this earlier last night. As I’m waiting for Peter to walk by the reception parking lot, I hear the roar of Terry’s Harley down by the gate and I realize that they’ve already left. Bastard! Instead I rode with Peter C, Phebe & Patrick, Bob, Chris & Bruno and Fionnuala & Norm. I’m not sure exactly what route we took as I’m blindly following along and ... read more
