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So News Years day was a pretty unexciting day, we were all hugely hungover, leaving the boys and embarking on an 8 hour drive. The countryside changed again and we soon encountered huge forests and hills, and as per usual, stunning views. Otherwise the drive was pretty non consequential. We drove other the bridge where Nat and Duncan were later going to Bungy off - the Bloukans Bridge. It was ridiculously high off the ground, and sent my tummy lurching at the thought of throwing myself off it for fun...Not for me! We arrived at our hostel, after driving around Plettenbergbai for ages trying to find out where the place was. It was a funny looking place, rather run down. We then found out that we were in fact camping one night and sleeping in the ... read more

I am sorry that I have not written, internet is a tricky thing to find on a road trip! We had a lovely Christmas day at Duncan's house. We had a Braai for Christmas lunch and played lots of games. Although I was banned from Monopoly for being too competitive. On Boxing day we went to Durban to watch the test cricket. We arrived at 10.30am and tucked straight into the beer! Unfortunately we did not watch too much cricket, as we had rather awkward seats. However we were kept up with the score with Hugo and Rhys screeching every 10 minutes or so! That day we met lots more of Duncan's friends, nine of whom were to continue on with us on our road trip: Beaver Etienne Rhys Gareth Greg Gordy Matt little Matt and ... read more

So I left you as we reached the Kruger gates. We drove through to our camp, which was about an hours drive. We saw wilderbeest, zebra, impala, buffalo and an elephant on our way - pretty cool!!! For the first couple of nights we stayed at Satara camp, and then we moved to Berg - en - dal for two nights. As well as the ten of us, two of Duncans South African friends joined us, Nick and Rich. They were very useful, especially Nick as he comes to Kruger twice a year and he had trained as a ranger. That night we had another Braai. Steak two nights in a row was something we could all definately get used to! Especially as the meat over her is seriously yummy! That night we had our first ... read more