Category: South Africa
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Close Encounters of the African Kind
This post was originally from February 13, 2024 Yesterday was another day for the books! It started with a morning game drive, where we set off at 5:30 am just before the sun started to rise. We get to drive in a massive Land Rover where we have a driver and a tracker. The tracker…
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Lions, Tigers and Bears, OH MY!
This post was originally from February 12, 2024 South Africa’s most well known National Park is called Kruger National Park. It’s one of those places that draws travelers in from around the world because its not only home to the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino), but also because of it’s incredible size…
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Touch Down, We Made It!!!
This post was originally from February 9, 2024 Before we left I kept telling everyone that I wasn’t sure that there would be many stories on this trip and when I said that my one when friend scoffed back “Heather, you have stories the minute you walk outside your door!” I never really thought about…
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Africa, Here We Come
This message was originally written on February 4, 2024 On Tuesday, Liza and I are heading to her homeland of South Africa. This will be the first time that she is returning home since immigrating to Canada exactly 2 years ago. She is really excited to be going home to her friends and family but…
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Leaving Africa ~the journey home during an apocalypse
This post was originally from March 24, 2020 Friday was our last full day in Africa. We decided to do a tour around the famous township of Soweto. Soweto was created in the 1930’s when the White government started separating people according to their race. Soweto became the largest ‘Black City’ in South Africa and…
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The Last Tourists in Africa ~ the effects of Covid and a day at Kruger National Park
This post was originally from March 19, 2020 Well…s*%t has just got real on this side of the world. As I said in my last email, we have been living in a bubble and the severity of the Corona Virus was just so unknown to us. We were literally on a deserted island and when…
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Eswatini ~ The Kingdom of Swaziland
This post was originally from March 9, 2020 On Saturday Kris and I flew to Johannesburg to meet up with our G Adventures group. Not only were we excited about starting our tour but this is where we got to meet up with our friend Lucy (aka Sally). We met Sally/Lucy last year in Brazil…
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Farewell Frat House ~ Leaving Port Elizabeth
This post was originally from March 7, 2020 The last few days have been jam packed with activities. It’s crazy how you can have so many amazing experiences all within the span of just 48 hours. Thursday morning we booked a boat tour in Algoa Bay to the island of St Croix to see the…
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Saying Goodbye to Missionvale ~ 2 weeks volunteering in South Africa
This post is originally from March 5, 2020 This week has absolutely flown by! It feels like we have found our groove both at the ‘frat house’ and at our placement at Missionvale. I knew going in to the volunteer experience that 2 weeks wasn’t long enough, but I can truly say – it absolutely…
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From Frat House to Fancy as F&@*k!! (ShamWOW)
This post was originally from March 2, 2020 This past weekend has been one of the most magical weekends of my life. Where do I even start? As some of you may know, last year I started working with Lena & David from the Divergent Travelers. They have a really successful blog and I’ve been…
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