South Africa: Day Seven (26 October)

We had a lie in as our flight wasn’t until the evening. It was cold and wet in Johannesburg too.

A nice man called Gerald took us to the airport, where we bought a toy zebra and a toy giraffe. We called the zebra Zippy and the giraffe Gerald after our driver.

Barnaby

South Africa: Day Six (25 October)

It was so cold for our last game drive the guide gave us blankets. We also needed waterproof ponchos.

But we saw lots of animals: giraffes all along the road and a live zebra crossing. The gnus all crossed the road at the same place too.

We had a quick souvenir stop and then had to go back to the hotel to pack. The journey back to Johannesburg took five hours this time.

We had an early night as we flew to Perth in Australia the next day :-).

Barnaby

South Africa: Day Three (22 October)

Parts of Johannesburg are not very safe for tourists so we didn’t go far from our hotel. We went to the shopping centre next door and also found an internet café but none of the messages we sent from there arrived :-(.

Then we wrote postcards in the hotel garden before having an early night because we were going on Safari the next day :-). We were hoping we would get to see the Big Five: Elephant, Leopard, Rhinoceros, Lions and Buffalo.

Barnaby

South Africa: Day Two (21 October)

We arrived in South Africa at 9am (local time). They are 1 hour ahead of us. It took over two hours to get through Passport Control and they didn't stamp mine :-(.

But the Protea Hotel where we were staying was very nice and we spent a nice afternoon reading books in its garden.

Barnaby