South Africa - 13 days and counting
March 14, 2008
We are 13 days away from going to South Africa. Going anywhere in Africa is a dream come true. I have always wanted to go there...ever since i was little. I went to a convent school in ireland and the nuns would go to Zambia and Zimbabwe to do missionary work in villages....when they came back they would sit all of us down and show us slides from their trips. Ever since that I have wanted to volunteer in Africa - I think i even wanted to be a nun then - hey! I was young - that lasted until i discovered boys. The nun thing, but I still want to volunteer in Africa...my next trip there will be volunteering...this one will be sightseeing.
I think everything is planned but i'm sure something will come up that we didn't think about. We leave from NY on thursday March 27th and arrive in Jo'burg on the 28th. We are spending one night in Jo'burg before heading off to Kruger.
We fly into Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and then rent a car to drive around the park for 3 days. We will be staying at Pretoriuskop camp in Kruger
This hut will be our home for 3 days...I'm so fucking exticed about staying in a hut in South Africa:..
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After the 3 days in Kruger we head off to Durban for 2 days. We found a hotel on the Golden Mile which is a famous stretch of beachfront in durban..
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We fly then to PE for one night - not sure what we are going to do there but my mom has friends from south africa that recommended going to Tsitsikamma forest. Tsitsikamma forest has the highest bung jump in the world - but there is no way i'm doing that - it also has a tree canopy tour...i think i'll do that...well, we'll see...not sure...
We are driving from PE to Capetown...staying there for 5 days in a hotel called "Extreme hotel" - Francis picked it. It didn't take me too long to figure out why he picked it...check out the picture of the bathroom in the hotel rooms...i found this posted on the hotel website
I keep having dreams about getting to the airport and forgetting everything...fingers crossed i don't.
lots of pictures will be posted when i get back...bringing a video camera too so there might be some good videos of the trip.
I think everything is planned but i'm sure something will come up that we didn't think about. We leave from NY on thursday March 27th and arrive in Jo'burg on the 28th. We are spending one night in Jo'burg before heading off to Kruger.
We fly into Kruger Mpumalanga Airport and then rent a car to drive around the park for 3 days. We will be staying at Pretoriuskop camp in Kruger
This hut will be our home for 3 days...I'm so fucking exticed about staying in a hut in South Africa:..
..After the 3 days in Kruger we head off to Durban for 2 days. We found a hotel on the Golden Mile which is a famous stretch of beachfront in durban..
.We fly then to PE for one night - not sure what we are going to do there but my mom has friends from south africa that recommended going to Tsitsikamma forest. Tsitsikamma forest has the highest bung jump in the world - but there is no way i'm doing that - it also has a tree canopy tour...i think i'll do that...well, we'll see...not sure...
We are driving from PE to Capetown...staying there for 5 days in a hotel called "Extreme hotel" - Francis picked it. It didn't take me too long to figure out why he picked it...check out the picture of the bathroom in the hotel rooms...i found this posted on the hotel website
I keep having dreams about getting to the airport and forgetting everything...fingers crossed i don't.
lots of pictures will be posted when i get back...bringing a video camera too so there might be some good videos of the trip.
