We drove through Addo Elephant park and surprisingly saw some elephants ?they were in herds of about thirty with the women and babies together and the males either a little ahead or further behind, but a bit to far away for good photos.

Firstly.... YES Martin (ASBO) there was a proper proposal he got down on one knee and everything!!!And NO I am not ...okay! Anyway, moving on... Please excuse the short entries, but I wanted to show our route on the map so I have added a new diary entry for each place we have been so the little flags can be left on the map.Western cape to Eastern cape ...We left Cape town and headed for Worcester, we drove through the mountain pass and as you can s...

Thank you all for the lovely comments, it was really kind to have lots of happy messages, and all the wrinkly hand comments... yes I know ... it kinda detracts from the sparkling diamonds but this is afterall a camping holiday so sadly no 5* spas with daily manicures (obviously!) The jeweller who made the ring is sending us a catalogue picture of it so I shall replace the web picture for you all. anyway back to business ... we haven't travelled very far as yet, ...

On Boulders beach with all the penguins ...

You will have to excuse the fact that the diary is a little out of date.We don't have internet access everyday, so there will be a few days worth of stuff put on altogether each time sorryJ.Over the past few days we have been exploring some of South Africa: Franschoek is a quaint little village surrounded by wine farms, we stopped off at one particular farm that also currently houses a huge collection of cars dating from 1907 (approx) including an F40, F50 an...