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 […]
Tag / South Africa
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 […]
North Drakensberg and Lesotho
Accommodations in North Dragensberg was more of a resort than a hostel, with a pool, jacuzzi and sauna, encompassed by 3000 hectares of farmland. It is able to host 160 people, not including 400 tents. A few days previous, I met a very tall and well traveled (60 countries!) Swed named Anders and we traveled […]