Praying Mantis on truck

April 27th 2009
Wow, done so much since last wrote (btw sorry last blog has only just been published from Namibia wouldn't work before). In summary we've stroked cheetahs, gone canoeing, winetasting and quadbiked over dunes and walked and rode horses in the Namib Desert and I've sandboarded, gone karting, abseiled and jumped out of a plane from 10,000ft!! From where we last left off, first went to Cheetah Park ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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Simon Hartley & Jessie Watts

Si and Jess 2009 RTW adventure

Travel Itinerary 31/03 - 25/08/2009 31st March London - Jo’burg; transfer flight to Vic Falls 1st April Vic Falls to Cape Town Overland Tour (Zimbabwe/Botswana/Namibia/South Africa) 3 weeks 02/04-24/04 Capetown Township Teaching Volunteer Project 3 weeks 24/04-15/05 16th May Cape Town - Bangkok (in Bangkok for check in 2pm on 17th) Gap Adventures Siam Discovery 22 day tour 17/05-07/06 (Bangkok - River Kwai - Ayutthaya - Chiang Mai - 3 day hilltribe trek - Chiang Rai/Golden Triangle - Khao Sok NP - Koh Samui - Koh Tao) 7th June (after 1pm) Bangkok - Melbourne Backpacker camp... full info

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