Africa Travel Journals

Photo Diary: Self Drive Safari in Etosha, Namibia

September 8th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

One of my favorite travel moments from Africa was a self drive safari in Etosha National Park in Namibia with my girlfriend, Eleyce. At that time we had been traveling around Southern Africa in “public” overstuffed minibuses for several weeks, so we decided that we deserved our own car for the safari. I still remember the fat smiles on our faces as we sat down in our rented Toyota Yaris. Not exactly a Land Rover like most of the other tourists, but to us the Yaris was a highly appreciated luxury!

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Photo Diary: The World’s Highest Bungee Jump – South Africa

August 27th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Garden Route offers everything from cute, little beach towns, to world class surfs and world class bungee jumping. I have already mentioned my road trip along the Garden Route, so here I will continue with sharing pictures and thoughts about one specific adventure this trip included: The World’s Highest Commercial Bungee Jump!

So we were on our way, driving, pretending to be all cool about it, while at the same time being extremely excited. I couldn’t tell if I was scared or not, but I was definitely not feeling normal. We got there, went on to the scale, had are weight written on our wrist in a bold, fat print (no place to be self conscious), and were strapped up in some sort of harness. I still wonder what this harness was for. Honestly I think it was just a thing they did to make us feel safe and protected. I can’t remember they ever strapped the harness into anything. Other than a tiny little rope to the “foot loop” during the jump. Anyways, after these preparations they led us out onto the bridge (see pictures).

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Photo Diary: The Small Incidents that Makes the Garden Route Memorable

August 27th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

Traveling along the Garden Route between Cape Town and Jeffrey’s Bay can be a very relaxing, beautiful and scenic beach town vacation. Or it can be an adrenalin filled, active and adventurous road trip. For me it was both, with surfing and bungee jumping in between the laid back beach days. Me and my friend, Michael, rented an old (I mean OLD) Mercedes Benz, and hit the roads. Cruising down the highways, with our surfboards tightly tied to the brand new roof rack, we cruised towards the surfs and small towns along the southern tip of Africa’s coast.

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Getting a handle on it

August 9th, 2009 by aussiesinafrica

So I wrote this big long boring post about the start of our trip and where we wanted to stay and the time we touched down etc. I then re-read it and nearly fell asleep. If our trip of a lifetime (so far) has turned into a way to get some good shut eye then I have serious problems – and my writing ability needs a lot of work. So, instead here is a snapshot of what I want to get from this African experience and a bit of insight into answering the question that everyone keeps asking – why Africa? I hope to look back on this post the same time next year and know I got this much out of it and more, I also want to be able to answer the annoying question above with more fervor and passion than I can now. If the Africa bug bites me it better leave a bloody big scar!

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The Africa Adventure is Closer to Reality

August 6th, 2009 by Hakon Kavli

View over Cape Town and Lions Head from Table Mountain

Approximately six months ago my girlfriend, Eleyce, asked me what I thought about going back to Cape Town, South Africa, for grad school. This was exactly one year after we left Cape Town last time, and we both felt more than ready to return to our favorite city. So, not surprisingly, I immediately said yes to her suggestion and soon after we applied for our masters programs at the University of Cape Town. And last week I got the message I had been waiting for: I am accepted for admission at School of Economics, UCT. Eleyce was already accepted for the masters program in International Relations, so we could finally start planning our next step in life!

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The Africa Travel Blog had More Than 1000 Unique Visitors it’s First Month!

July 31st, 2009 by admin

africa2 I just wanted to let you all know that each of you contributed to the great fact that The Africa Travel Blog exceeded one thousand unique visitors during it’s first active month! This is a great achievement and the honor is shared with all the readers who frequent the blog! Thank you!

And there are more good news. Because of the great interest in the Africa Travel Blog, I have decided to expand it with a few extra features, which some of you already know about:

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I’m Going to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda and need your advice! -by Tim Steve

July 23rd, 2009 by Tim Steve

The decision has been made. The destination will be Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. After some good advice on my first post, and reading through forums and guide books, I have chosen to go for new experiences in Uganda and Rwanda, rather than the typical beach vacation in Zanzibar. This will be the trip of my life, and I want it to be different.

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New Blogger: I’m Tim and I’m Traveling to East Africa!

July 7th, 2009 by Tim Steve

Hi,

Looks like I am the first one to register as a “Fellow Travel Blogger” on this sweet Africa blog. So I will just give a short introduction to who I am and where I am traveling:

My name is Tim, I am an American citizen, but feel more like a World citizen. I have traveled all my life and my next trip will be to East Africa. I have never traveled in Africa before, so if other travelers have any advice for me that would be awesome! I haven’t set up a detailed plan for my trip other than a few “must-do’s” like the safaris, etc. I imagine the end result will be something like:

Flying into Nairobi and travel from there to Tanzania. Safari either in Kenya, Tanzania or both. After this I will probably be going down to the coast, maybe even to Zanzibar. I have also been considering Uganda and Rwanda instead of Tanzania’s coast / Zanzibar, but I don’t know much about those countries yet. So basically all I need now is some suggestions from people with more travel experience in those areas than what I have!

And I will keep you all updated on how my plan develops, and hopefully I will write some thrilling blog posts from my trip when I’m over there!

Thanks,

-Tim

A Design Inspired by Africa

June 13th, 2009 by admin

Get a glimpse of Africa on the Africa Travel Blog

The blog has not yet officially opened! But I will share some thoughts about the development of the blogs design..

I have been fighting rigid css / html / php rules for a while now, but I am finally happy with the way the blog looks. I actually think it looks good, with a refreshing, simple, but still Africa inspired design. And it is all home made. Everything is designed by me, either with css/html or Photoshop.

If you have any suggestions to changes in the design, something missing, something odd, or just great ideas; Please share them with me by leaving a comment below.. Oh, by the way, if you have pictures from Africa, that you think would look good on this web site, you are of course more than welcome to share them with me! (thanks!)

Thank you very much for visiting, and come back soon!!

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