http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Eileen-and-Tom/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Eileen and Tom en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:52 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:57:52 +0000 Gosh we have been back from Africa for almost 2 weeks now. It was not a smooth transition it is exhausting to travel across the world but I would do it again in a heartbeat. I sort of dropped off the earth here with my entries. Those few blogs earlier were only 23days into the trip. Since then there was so much left out that maybe I can reminisce now. It's funny I thought when I did shark d http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/blog-171259.html The past several days have been unbelievable. The last time we blogged was I believe right before we were about to go shark diving with great whites the following morning. So I can see how we left everyone reading in such suspense We did survive thanks Jess for concern That is a whole adventure to the trip that I will do a separate blog it will be very detailed because Oh My God we were http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Gauteng/Johannesburg/blog-165091.html Today a day in the life of Tommy and Eileen woke up this morning at Whale song lodge to go Shark diving. We were booked through our Inn and arrived at the diving site around 800am. We were with people from Australia Tanzania and Africa to name a few. Once we took off on our 42 ft shark cage fishing boat called Barracuda we realized it was a little shadier operation than we anticipated. I http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Stellenbosch/blog-162739.html Yes it is true. First today we drove to a small village out of Cape Town it took us about 2 12 hours. We were really beginning to like Cape town but there are so many other areas and territory we are covering in South Africa. Our drive was once again no memorable we took tons of pics and little movies. When we got to our small guest house on cliff st. you can only imagine how set into cl http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Hermanus/blog-162320.html Today Tommy and I took an all day coastal drive along the peninsula all the way to the cape of good hope. Tommy had a blast driving like he was racing and these twists and turns were all along the cliffs and severe sharp turns. The views were breathtaking so we stopped just about every few miles. One view was literally more beautiful then the next until we got closer to the National Park where http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-161809.html We're in Cape Town http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-161616.html The flight was great and on time. We watched a couple of movies took a tylanol pm and woke up somewhere over Africa.My college roomate's mother Edna met us at the airport. She is our travel agent. We spent some time having coffee in the airport and going over the trip itinerary with her.We couldn't chat too long because we had to catch a flight to Cape Town. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Gauteng/Johannesburg/blog-160789.html After 30 hours of trave we are finally in a hotel and ready to get some rest.Edna arranged for a guide named Jeff to meet us at the Cape Town airport. We rented a car and followed Jeff to our guest house.We'll start doing some serious blogging tomorrow. Right now it is time for sleep. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-160790.html Ok.. made it to the airport and returned our car. We got on South Africa Airlines flight to Johannesburg and we're off. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-160788.html We left Manahawking at 11 AM to drive to DC. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Ocean-County/Manahawkin/blog-160787.html