9 hours on the bus later and we have arrived in the Eastern Cape at a town called East London. Last night we camped but it was due to rain today so the owner has taken pity on us and moved us into a double room at no extra cost! The place we are staying is called "SugarShack" and is about 40m from the sea. It also has a 20m high whale watching platform but no luck yet. We did however meet a guy who showed us pictures he had taken a few days earlier of an orca hun...

Another early start but we have begun our trip along the coast to Cape Town. We are currently in Umtentweni, a small beach town 1 and a 1/2 hours outside of Durban. We spent the day river kayaking (rather unsuccessfully involving a few capsizes) and walking along the pristine deserted beach. We are staying at a backpackers called "The Spot" and we have pitched our tent on the sand. There is a great pool table and I took great delight in beating Sarah as the last ...

Just finished my shark dive on aliwoal shoal and I'm still alive despite finding a shark tooth and managing to stab myself with it! We have been in Durban for the last few days but the weather hasn't been great. Enjoyed some beers on the beach though and visited a local market which sold everything from live 20ft pythons in rucksacks to sheep heads to old jackie chan movies! It was quite the experience being the only white people! Tomorrow morning we are headin...

Hello everyone! We arrive safely in Northern Drakensburg! The hostel is lovely, our tent is overlooking the mountains. We are currently on our way back from the Amphitheatre Mountain hike! 3hours up and 1.5 down. After sitting in a jeep for the past three days on safari our legs are now very sore! But it was all good fun, particularly the 20m ladders down! It's our last night here around lunchtime tomorrow we will be heading down to Durban for three nights i...

We are back from Kruger! Words can't really explain how much of an amazing time we had. After a 6 hour drive from Jo'burg we arrived at the Moholoholo wildlife rehab centre where we got up close and personal with almost every African animal you can think of! Sarah had to be almost told to calm down when they told us we could stroke one of their cheetahs! After the tour we headed to the camp where we dumped our bags and had our first braai (BBQ). The next day star...