Kruger National Park – the home of the Big 5

by | Jan 29, 2013 | Africa

    They say no visit to South Africa is complete without a visit to Kruger National Park. Our resort offered a little glimpse of what was to come with several hippos in the dam, a herd of impala and a troop of vervet monkeys in the garden.    ...

Botswana – spectacular!

by | Jan 17, 2013 | Africa

      After a day off the bike in Mafikeng we cross in to Botswana. The border crossing is a breeze. We get our visas and pay our ‘road safety’ tax and we are in. The officials couldn’t be friendlier. In our first 200 ks on the road we are stopped at...

Cape Town

by | Jan 9, 2013 | Africa

        We chose to spend our second Christmas away from home in the cosmopolitan city of Cape Town. Overlooked by Table Mountain, there’s plenty to do to keep us busy.                   We took a trip...

South Africa – Johannesburg to Cape Town

by | Jan 3, 2013 | Africa

          After a short stay in London to say goodbye to our good friends, Jacqui & Trent and their kids, Summer and Martin we prepped the bike for its flight to Africa.           We arrived safely on December 6;...