Quite a few people warned me to stay away from Johannesburg, or Joburg or Jozi as the locals called it. They claimed it was a very unsafe city, with robberies and car hijackings occurring frequently. To prove this point, a couple from Singapore who had traveled for the last 16 months, admitted nothing bad ever happened, aside […]
Category / General
Hit and run
This is a very raw post, since something tragic just occurred and I wanted to capture it and my emotions as quickly and as accurately as possible. I’m currently in a beach side apartment in Mauritius (haven’t had time to post about the last city in South Africa yet), and a gentleman passed by with […]
Kruger National Park
Spent four days in Kruger park, Africa’s largest game reserves. Its high density of wild animals includes the Big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffaloes. I saw all 5, and much more, but wasn’t able to capture the lions on camera because they were too far away. There were two safaris each day; one at […]