looking for chocolate

a rare treat for these kids. While they can buy sweets and crisps from the tiny tin shack shop in the village, there is a strict no begging society here and guests are firmly encouraged not to hand out sweets. Most of the villagers won't have toothbrushes etc and definitely not access to dental care so it's a good thing they don't have my sweet cravings!

Back to paradise

April 6th 2010
It's one hell of a journey but boy was it all worth it when through the dark I spotted the lonely light of Bulungula Lodge shining like a beacon guiding us across the rolling hills of the Transkei. Having taken most forms of transport known to man, and endured 4hr delays at possibly the worst airport ever, then flown in a tempestuous thunderstorm, the final 100km from Umtata to the coast were a de ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Mthatha

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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