Elephant Safety Advice Having visited numerous Game Parks in Africa over my lifetime (since the tender age of 6) – and encountering these gigantic wild animals – I am actually very very frightened of them. They are dangerous and do charge, crunch and toss vehicles occasionally – even though unprovoked oftentimes. The Elephant in the […]
Emergency Kruger Park Numbers & other tips
24 hour Malaria Hotline – 083 900 8424 Kruger Park 24 Hour Emergency Centre Number (013) 735 0197 Medical Practitioner Skukuza – 24 Hour Line (013) 735 5638 Emergency Road Services for Vehicle Breakdown or Emergency Repairs Toll-Free 0800 030 666 Reptile Rescue (If you are staying outside Kruger in the Malelane / Komatipoort area) […]
Pandora’s Secret Suitcase Recipe
As a matter of interest , my well travelled – very well travelled!!! – inlaws asked me to teach them how I pack after their arrival at our home – once again – “overpacked & harassed” (we have vacationed with them by Air, Camper, Car & Barge – to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kruger, Welsh Canals, UK […]
ARE YOU dreaming of a Safari in Africa?
SO MANY FACTORS IN THIS ONE SENTENCE You are asking ………… Will I be safe? Where will I see the most wild animals? What experience am I looking for? Bucket list ……. I want to safari but where do I begin? When Chris and I put pen to paper regarding a vacation / adventure / […]
What IS it about Kruger National Park ????
So you are asking …. “What is it about Game Parks that you like so much?” There are many of you who think we are a bit moggy in the head – visiting wild parks, putting ourselves in dangerous places, potentially dangerous situations, suffer endurances at times (be it the car journey to the destination, […]
A little quirky fun
Favourites …… Nickname: Fishcake / MonkeyDream Destination: Northern LightsFavorite City: Paris / Prague Favorite Town: St TropezFavorite Country: New ZealandFavorite Author : Bill Bryson (Comedy at the moment)Favorite Cuisine: VeganFavorite Movie: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Favorite Quote: “Its not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” – Henry David Thoreau Favorite Memory: My […]
Don’t Cry for Me Mozambique
Don’t Cry for me Mozambique As a child this song was always on my mind, I would sing it over and over as though it was mine. ( It was strange how special it always was to me then ….. and again recently) When we were packing up our farm and home to leave our […]
Not quite a Wild Sticky Turkey
My mind is turning around like a stuffed Christmas & Thanksgiving Turkey on a rotisserie. Filled with travels, adventures, wild animals, dreams and funny things – instead of bread crumbs, herbs, spices etc. Gobble gobble ……. (talking Turkey – not really turkey – just a silly piece of information that could make you famous one […]
Is it a Haunted Hotel – we will never know the truth
Colonial architecture with a sinister history The once magnificent Vila Algarve mansion in Maputo remains trapped in a tumultuous past. The stunning interiors are left with no one to appreciate their beauty, and not even the resident desperados venture into the depths of the basement. It is believed that the walls underground are still splattered […]
Technicolour Mozambique – Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 As we leave the Maputo region heading along the Xai Xai highway (EN1) we stop at a garage for fuel (where our own currency, Rand, is happily accepted) , a quiet picnic – packed at home, and a pee. Okay, we recognize one another again in monochrome – leaving behind the technicolour organized […]