Blogs from Saint Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Heute war Reisetag angesagt, also wieder packen. Mit unserer blitzsauberen Bergkatze ( 3,50 EUR mit der Hand gewaschen) ging es los Richtung Pietermaritzburg, wo wir uns eine Kühlbox geleistet haben. Leider nur Old-fashioned, aber immerhin... Danach ging es weiter Richtung Ostküste, Durban haben wir ausgelassen. Waren dafür in Umhlanga Rocks, von wo man aus das WM-Stadion sieht. Ansonsten nicht der schönste Ort, vielleicht auch deshalb, weil der Südafrikaner an sich nicht die beste Figur hat (wir sind hier noch im Vor-Light-Zeitalter). Also weiter nach St Lucia, unserem eigentlichen Ziel. Hier sind die Wetland-Parks, wo man die Big Five sehen soll... Bei der Vegetation konnte ich das kaum Glauben. Zum Sundowner waren wir extra noch an einer Aussichtsstelle, aber mehr als zwei Krokodile, die oben am Wasser getrieben sind, war nicht zu sehen. Daher sind wir zum ... read more

K - It is 4 weeks and over 8,000KM since my last blog as Namibia and Botswana are not the easiest places to get connected - at least not when camping. It has been a great few weeks and we have really enjoyed the long drives through beautiful, remote countryside and our camping adventure. We quickly got in to the rhythm of setting up camp and cooking al fresco and disasters have been few - OK, so we flooded a campsite on our second night with a 10 foot water spout but hey, they should put the water pipes lower than a tent peg depth right?! The campsites we have stayed at have all been amazing - whether in size and facilities (posher bathrooms than we have at home!) to basic sites in beautiful, isolated locations ... read more

Barbara & John in Kwa Zulu Natal (KZN) We have spent two weeks in KZN and it has been a varied period covering wonderful scenery, cultural interest and good beaches. My birthday saw us on the road to Ramsgate on a 9 hour journey. It was good to be leaving what I thought was quite a strange farm and farmer’s wife. The view over the dam and hills set in a lovely garden was very picturesque but I will always remember the haunting feeling in the creaky floored bedroom. Despite the fact that we were out of the highland area the scenery at times was stunning. Our first day in Ramsgate was for chill, spending some time on a private beach. Our second day was at the Oribi Gorge. We thought this might only take a ... read more

Hey Everyone, Thought we would give a quick update!!! Still trying to find a fast enough computer to get our pictures up... you will have sooo much to look at when we do. hahah. Right now we are in St. Lucia, and today we went deep sea fishing, we caught lots of fish, but sadly, very sadly quinn got sea sick pretty bad. It sucked to see his excitement turn to sadness, but we got some good pics, of his excited face!! :) Tomorrow we are going to do a game drive at Imfolozi, hopefully we see lots of animals. And then we are off to Sodwana bay for a few days and hope to go scuba diving!!! :) We decided to rent the car for longer, it has been awesome, and now we are also ... read more

St. Lucia is a small town on a wetland estuary on the coast of the Indian Ocean. We stayed at a lodge for 3 nights surrounded by a tropical jungle environment. We didn't dare leave our door open too long or we could have some unwelcome visitors in our room.....lizards, insects, monkeys etc. It was actually a great place! The mosquitoes here are very quiet and small and they don't buzz around but while I was sitting outside posting my blog I must have been bitten many times because when I got up in the morning my legs were covered with bites. We went on a boat trip on the nearby river which runs into the ocean. We saw several hippos and a few crocodiles and many different birds such as cranes, storks, herons and fish ... read more

Here I am, finally in South Africa! Despite the best efforts of BA I touched down in Durban yesterday to the miracle of Bri still being at the airport to pick me up! Note to self, from now on have all phone numbers on self at all times as internet is not easy to find in airports. I should explain, and to all of you grumbly about my Business Class treat, don't worry, the air travel gods got me back good. I did make it back to Heathrow in plenty of time for my flight, especially since it was an hour late leaving. There was some problem with the electronic baggage reading system so everything had to checked by hand. You can imagine our comfort level as this was announced as we were all already sitting ... read more

On arriving at the hostel in St Lucia I was shown around and dumped my bags in my room. I was then taken on a free tour of the town and local area by the guide Darren. We drove down to the estuary where we came across a herd of hippos sat on a bank along with approximately 10 crocodiles. After a brief stop at the beach we then drove down through the town and he pointed out the al important supermarket, butchers, restaurants and bars. After dinner that night Darren and the hostel manager Philip took us on a night safari. However their night safari didn't involve us going out into the reserve but driving around the back streets. Whilst this sounds mad we did actually get to see quite a few bush babies close ... read more