After a few days in Zambia we travelled to Botswana for a few days of safari, but definitely more of a luxurious one than we had done before. After a very early morning pick up 6.45am, we travelled to the Botswana border, which incidentally is also the Namibia and Zimbabwe border. (Also, apparently the world's smallest border between 4 countries!) In the middle of the Zambezi River is where the four countries meet. There is no bridge across, only a ferry. Huge ...

Chilling out in Livingstone has been brilliant. We have really enjoyed the laid back nature, meeting the Zambian people and generally just watching the world go by!! After seeing a poster inviting visitors to the local orphanage, we decided to go over and spend some time with the kids. We met the director when we first arrived, who kindly showed us around the site and explained the history of the place. Most of the children were there due to their parents dying ...

Well, there's not a lot we can say about Pretoria, there really isn't that much to do!! Once we plucked up enough courage to leave the safety of the suburbs, where our hostel was, we quickly discovered why most people stay within the comforts of their electric fenced gardens! Even in the taxi ride downtown, we were wondering what we had let ourselves in for. This was Pretoria, far safer than Jo'berg, but we were still very, very weary - especially James!! We inte...

So…finally I think I have found somewhere with a semi decent internet connection to write something on our first blog entry! We arrived safely in Jo'berg and promptly took the bus to Nelspruit, the gateway to Kruger National Park. First, we spent 2 nights - celebrating our wedding anniversary - in a very luxurious lodge, overlooking a game reserve and trying to organise car hire and camp sites for our Kruger adventures. Having done all that, we hit Kruger Pa...