Aug 07, 2008 in Responsible Travel, Things To Do, Wildlife Nature, ZA South Africa
Rob and Janet Cuthbertson (from Leopard Walk Lodge) work very closely with their local Zulu communities. They believe that low-impact tourism is an excellent way to provide much-needed employment in the area and to preserve the magnificent beauty of Zululand.
During our stay with them, they organised a guided canoeing trip for us with Temba, a [...]
Jul 17, 2008 in Things To Do
We’re often scouring the net and asking family, friends about the different things that can be done around the world (towns, cities and countries) and figured that there are others who’ll also be interested in what we’ve discovered / experienced.
All travel journals are actual, in other words, the author has experienced it personally.
If you [...]
Dec 27, 2007 in DE Germany, Europe, Things To Do
Oldenburg in Germany is some four hours away from us, but we took a drive there on the 16th of December, to meet up with our cousins for just a few hours at the Christmas Market. These German markets are renowned for their festive spirit and good cheer. It was worth the effort and we found [...]
Dec 26, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
The outdoors, ice skating in nature, wafting along reed beds, freedom. That’s the intention behind the multi-functional outdoor recreation centre that opened in December 2007, called “FlevOnice” or “Ice World”. We visited the course on a very busy Boxing Day (2007).
Dec 21, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do, Wildlife Nature
The Netherlands experienced another record warm year in 2007. But in the week before Christmas, the temperatures plummeted. On the 21st of December, it even dropped to minus 8 deg Celcius. Brrr. Winter water sport enthusiasts were enthralled.
Hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into "hard water sailing".
We live next to the Oostvaardersplassen in The [...]
Apr 22, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
The most beautiful spring gardens in the world are open for a few months each year. This year, they were open from 23/03/07 until 20/05/2007. It was our second visit to Keukenhof and we spent 5,5 hours in this 32-hectare eden. You need the time to fully enjoy the flowers, smells, sights and sounds.
Keukenhof (directly translated [...]
Mar 24, 2007 in Europe, NL Holland, Things To Do
We live next to a Dutch wetlands nature reserve, called the Oostvaardersplassen (lakes of the East-farers, roughly translated). It’s totally peaceful and home to a multitude of bird species and wild animals like beavers, roe deer, red deer, heck cows and wild horses.
This video is our first foray into making films. Hee hee. It’s great fun [...]
Aug 31, 2006 in EG Egypt, Middle East Africa, Things To Do
Our RYA sailing course was cancelled at the last minute, so we booked a last minute trip to Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We snorkelled, scuba dived, quad biked and visited Luxor including Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple. This was the first “last-minute” all-in booking that we’ve made. And we can [...]
Apr 20, 2001 in Things To Do, ZA South Africa
After completing our master diving training course, we took a month out to go scuba diving in Umkomaas, to rack up our scuba hours and experience. The brief for this dive was to (hopefully) see Tiger Sharks. Our dive leader (and sea dog) Walter took us to “Eels Skins” at a depth of 15m on [...]
