Blogs from South Africa, Africa - page 543

46664 - it is in our hands AIDS Konzert 1. dezember 2007 - ellis park stadium johannesburg razorlight live jamelia ludacris peter gabriel goo goo dolls angelique kidjo annie lennox johnny clegg corinne bailey rae prime circle soweto gospel choir wirhaben tickets gekauft fuer 170 rand, das sind umgerechnet 29 Sfr. Mittlerweilen waren wir 15 personen vom selben hostal die tickets hatten ! nun, dort hat uns der barmann der lodge - ein ehemaliger polizist aus kapstadt - durch die security gebracht und dafür hat jede person 8.50 Sfr dem securitymann ans weihnachtsgeld bezahlt... nun hatten wir tickets für den golden circle, direkt an der bühne ! so funktioniert das in afrika - man muss nur die richtigen leute kennen die erste band begann um 14 uhr und es dauerte bis 23.30 ! die sonne schien ... read more

It is now 3,5 months that I work as a volunteer for the Knysna Elephant Park and not 1 day did I not like being here. We are setting up a volunteer program and that is proven to be a challenge but very rewarding. I love wildlife and by setting up this volunteer program I feel like I can give something back to the elephants. We have taken their habitat by claiming it ours, we have broken down their rituals by building fences on their migration route and we have taken their spirits by killing their family members. The 10 elephants that we have living here in a controlled-free-range-environment are 10 elephants rescued from being killed but what about the other 6000?????? The Kruger National Park has 6000 elephants to many and what will happen to ... read more

Since his last entry, Rich has been banned from further blogs until he improves his efficiency. His skills carryover to SMSing as well, it took the man 32min today to punch out what apparently is a "Short Message". Unfortunately, I lack the structure of Richard. If we weren't physios, he would be mathematician (Clinical and always right) and I would be a poet (drunk and never really making sense). We have done lots of things in the last week or so... including some physio work. Our first day at the institute was... amazing. We watched the honours students doing their research presentations in the morning. Their communication skills and knowledge were all very impressive, perhaps even a little bit daunting for the the two starstruck Aussie boys in the back row wearing their matching stripey tops ... read more

After three months in Africa we're back to playing catch up again. On Sept. 10th we landed in Johannesburg, South Africa where we met up with our friends Craig and Kimmy who had come to visit us. After checking out the suburbs of Joberg on the morning of our first day we picked up a rental car and headed out to the town of Nelspruit, just south of Kruger National Park. We entered the park the next day at the Melelane gate at the southern end of the park and checked into our roundhouse accommodations at the Melelane Camp and then headed out for our first game drive. We drove around both the paved and gravel streets of the southern part of the park and saw tons of animals including crocs, elephants, impala, klipspringers, warthogs, ... read more

Drove to Cape Town and went first to Hout Bay and tried to get round Chapmans Peak but it was closed after just a 5km stretch. We then went across to Muizenberg and found a campsite not far from the beach, set up camp and then headed back into Cape Town. It was a beautiful day, sunny and hot, which of course meant that the queue for the mountain cable car was a mile long. We decided to take our chances another day and made straight for the V & A Waterfront. First on the agenda was a lovely seafood platter, a bit expensive because of where it was but you have to eat seafood in Cape Town and it was delicious. A couple of local glasses of wine finished it off nicely. We had a ... read more