Tag Archives: South Africa

More Cape Town Sightseeing

Our daughter Ren and her boyfriend Patrick came to join us a couple of weeks ago. They flew into Cape Town, and after a long flight we took them back to the boat in Simons Town first. We had lunch … Continue reading

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Awesome Elephant Encounter

On our second day at Kruger, Karen and Trisha took a nap after our sunrise safari walk. I decided to take the car out on a drive and see what I could find. I found some kudu, a couple of … Continue reading

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African Safari Walk

On Christmas Eve Day, we took a sunrise safari walk with two guides from Lataba Rest Camp in Kruger National Park. This was the first time we have taken a walk out in the wild like this and it was … Continue reading

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Kruger African Safari Part 1

We have finally processed a reasonably small collection of quality photos from our first two days at Kruger National Park that are ready for sharing. This first album (at the bottom of this post) has a little over 60 photos … Continue reading

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2014 A Year of Travel Adventures

This year has been so filled with events that it has been very hard for us to document it thoroughly on the blog. There are so many places and things that happened, followed by even more things, that we simply … Continue reading

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Safari Fun with our Daughter

Sorry for the lack of recent blog posts. Our daughter Trisha arrived on the 21st of December to Johannesburg, and we flew out to meet her. We have spent the last 10 days on a whirlwind tour of mostly African … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays from South Africa

We wish all of our friends and family – both in the US, and our cruising friends all over the world – very happy holidays and a fantastic year ahead in 2015! Tahina will be moving early next year across … Continue reading

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Winery Tour

On Thursday we joined crews from several other foreign boats on an all-day winery tour organized by the local Ocean Cruising Club members. A bus picked us up at the yacht club, and by 10:30 we were at a beautiful … Continue reading

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Scenic Drive to Cape Town

On Sunday our friends Paul and Gina of s/v Solace invited us to a scenic drive up the coast towards Cape Town in their rental car. The destination was ultimately Signal Hill, with stops planned along the way including lunch … Continue reading

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Arrival to Cape Town Area

We left on Wednesday at the crack of dawn from Knysna intending to make it to the marina in Simons Town where we plan to keep the boat while we visit the Cape Town area for the next few weeks. … Continue reading

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