Satara Rest Camp - KNP. We left Olifants early the next day and started to drive to Satara Camp which was another 130km away, we saw more animals on the way and wild birds. We stayed the night in some more African style thatched huts and the next morning had to get up really early to go on a sunset drive and had to get up at 3:30am!! We saw lots more animals on this drive and the beautiful African sun which is quite different to the sun you see in Europe, so much larger. We saw lots of Wildebeest, rhinos who crossed the road just in front of the vehicle! some ground Hornbills which are at risk of becoming extinct, Vervet monkeys, tortoises, hippos and we heard the lions roaring but couldn't see them! We ... read more

Saturday Orpen Gate - Kruger Park We left Cape Town Saturday !morning and arrived at the airport next to Kruger Park after 3 hours flight. Our first stop when we arrived in the park was called Orpen, we stayed in a lodging called Cheetah cottage, at night you can see the wild animals like Hyenas come up to the fence and other wild life. We had a barbecue or 'Braai' as they call it in South Africa. A Serval also came close to the camp fence, this is really rare to spot. The big '5' animals in Kruger are the Lions, Buffalo, Elephants, Cheetah and the Rhinoceros. ... read more

Tuesday & Wednesday: Tuesday: We headed off to the wine region to a very small town called Tulbagh which is traditional old Dutch style houses, it's very pretty, and they have lots of peacocks that roam freely in the main street. The town was destroyed completely by an earthquake in the 1970's but was rebuilt exactly as it was before, they also have lots of peacocks that wonder around everywhere in the main street of the town. Wednesday: We headed down the coast to a town called Simon's Town, Simon's Town is where you can find the African penguin as they come to breed in the summer months (December to April is South Africa's summer) onto the beach called Boulcer's Beach. The beach is so lovely, very white sand and the penguins which are also called ... read more

We arrived at Ali's friend's house on Friday evening and had a really nice Chinese take away and then went to bed. Ali's friends lives in a converted barn which is really pretty, it's down a country lane in a place called Sulham, I'm not sure you'll find it on the map but it's worth trying. Ali's friend has 2 horses or mares who have 2 lovely foals and her parents have riding stables near by with some really lovely big horses and tiny ponies, some of them are called Shetland ponies and are really cute. We spent most of Saturday afternoon getting the house ready for the party that evening and we made lots of pumpkin soup and then carved out the pumpkin Jack O'Lanterns! People arrived later on in the evening and the costumes ... read more

Minigolf, or miniature golf, often called crazy golf in the United Kingdom, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. We went to play this game at a course in Redwood City CA. We played course number one which had 18 holes. There were a lot of different holes - some had ramps, hills, obstacles, and one even had us go through a cave! I felt like a spelunker. Spelunking is also known as caving by some people in the US. It's a recreational activity that people do to explore different caves. This one is not a real cave - but it was still an adventure! After we played golf we went into the game arcade and played a few games such as skee ball and I even road a gaming motorcycle with Tyler. ... read more