Drankensbergen, the place of the rural mountains. That's sounds great; a great place to discover. Too bad we were not able to doing so, thanks to Rain, and Rain and even more Rain. Did I mention we had much Rain? So no, know you know. Actually, this is no joke and it was not even funny. We had to pack our bags and in a hurry we were able to leave our camping space and the rain behind. It started so nice. In the Drakensbergen you still can find the old paintings of the San people, you have very good hiking trails, and the nature is beautiful over there. If you visit South-Africa, the Drakensbergen are a “must” on your list. Also, it was the last park that we would visit without “safari” (except the Panorama ... read more

The Wild coast is one of the less developed areas of South Africa. The coast should be wild and it’s a graet area to discover when you are on your trip here. Here, you can still go “off the beaten path”. I really looked forward, to this great place. But it was quite disappointment. Why? At the camping there was not much activities or excursions to do. The cruise that I looked forward to was very disappointing. Going out of yourself was not advised. The camping was not close to other highlights and ordering a taxi was not a good idea as well. So, we were stuck at a very boring place. At least they had a swimming pool to lay around there with a book, but I hate that. I want to do something, not ... read more

A long ride was scheduled for this day. In the morning, we left Cape Town, to ride to Knysna, a ride of approximately 520 km. The main activities shall be carried tomorrow; a kayaking excursion at Keurbooms River (it actually was scheduled for Plattenberg Bay, but it was changed to Keurbooms River, due the conditions of the wild sea) and a wine tasting at one of the warm farms, before we should move on to the next destination, Tsitsikamma N.P. In this blog post you can read how my first camping night was, if I stayed dry during kayaking and if the South African wine is approved. At 6.45 the Truck was standing before the hotel, where Bheki helped us to put our luggage into it. Before we left, there was some time for breakfast in ... read more

Today, my child dream will coming true: a visit to (Safari) Africa! But, there was one little problem: before I booked, I really had no idea where to go. South/East Africa is big, and each country has his unique landscape and traditions. I searched a country where I can see a lot of wild animals, beautiful scenery, and culture (traditional African live and history). But, where to start? To get an answer to this question, I visited a travel grant. A lot of travel specialist recombined me South Africa; a living culture, a lot of history, great nature, interesting history and of course the famous park, the Kruger. I found my trip by the Dutch organization Djoser; a 21 camping trip. The local agency was Africa Travel Co, which organized much Africa overland trips. They have ... read more

Today, it was the last day in Jordan, and we had one place of interest left; Amman. Amman is a hectic city, but it’s great to do the Downtown route from the Lonely Planet Guides; this route brings you from the epic city centre, to the gold souks and the (vegetable) market, it leads you to a great place where you can watch over the city (Citadel Hill), and it’s ends at the Roman heart of the city. This route is around 3 hours, and I really should recommend doing this route. But first, we were still in our Aquavista hotel in Aqaba. We had to stand up quite early, because we had to drive to Amman. This ride shall take us over the Desert Highway and least about 4 hours. If we are lucky, we ... read more