We left the hotel this morning at 07:30 to take the panoramic route to Johannesburg. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating again. We skipped God’s Window and Wonderview because the visibility was 0. Luckily the weather was better when we made it to Byrne’s Luck Potholes. It was very beautiful. The whirlpools cut…
This was a very early morning. We left the hotel at 05:30 to arrive at the gate of Kruger National Park by 06:00. Our safari vehicle was provided by Eastgate Safari. We had an all-day game drive. We left at 06:00 and returned back at 15:00. We had a 45 minute break for breakfast…
This morning we left Mbabane on our way to Hazyview. We visited a glass factory that had a few other shops for about an hour. The glass factory had an observation catwalk. We then drove to the border crossing at Matsano. Two new stamps and then we visited a recreated village. There were…
Today was a very early morning. Our luggage needed to be outside at 05:15. We got a very large snack box from the hotel for lunch. It had crisps (potato chips), peanuts, banana, apple, hard boiled egg, a bit of cheese, crackers, mango-orange juice, water and a lollipop. We arrived at the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi…
This morning we departed Cape Town on a flight to Durban (British Airways). Once we arrived there we got a snack for the long drive to the St. Lucia Estuary. I got some food at KFC as we only had 30 minutes to find food. We had one hiccup – the air conditioning…
Today we had a free day. There were a couple of optional tours available (Winelands and shark cage diving), however the shark diving was preemtively cancelled due to the weather. Table Mountain opened at 08:00. We met for breakfast at 08:00. There was a heavy rain just before 08:00. We checked the website and…
Today’s originally scheduled itinerary included a visit to Table Mountain and Robben Island. However mother nature decided not to cooperate, so both were cancelled. There is no hope to go to Robben Island as the next available tour would not be until Thursday and we fly in the morning to Durban. We will attempt…
Today was our first day in Cape Town. Breakfast was at 06:30. We had a short briefing at 07:30. We left the hotel at 08:20. We took a scenic drive along the coast through Camps Bay to Chapman’s Peak. We continued through Hout’s Bay to the Cape…
After a long journey I finally arrived on South Africa. My flights were: United 44 from Houston to Washington DC (Dulles) = 2.5 hours. South African Airways 210 from Washington DC to Johannesburg (with a stop in Accra, Ghana) about 9 hours for the first section and 6 hours for the next. Then…
My first flight is on United. Their computer wouldn’t allow me to check in yesterday, so I didn’t get on the upgrade standby list until I arrived at the airport. By that time I was #6 on the list and it was already booked full. At least I’ll get free food and a drink on…
I leave in two days for South Africa. I received new memory cards yesterday when I got home. I realized I forgot to order new dry bags (my old ones have small holes in them), so I ordered that and a fancy neck pillow (since I’m flying economy this time). I should get them…
I’ll be visiting Houston literally for a couple of days. Arrive today via London from Oman, then off to South Africa on the 18th.
I traveled from London to Muscat today on Oman Air. As you can see my seat was very comfortable. I’m not sure what kind of visa I had, but I don’t think they used the correct stamp… I’m not planning to become a resident… I stayed in the fancy Intercontinental hotel. Below are pictures…
I had a few hours to explore before my train back to London. I walked up the hill to the cathedral and castle. I had a guided tour of each. The only thing original of the castle was the wall. Th they also had a copy of the charter of the forest, but no…
This morning I took the tube to the Baker St station and walked to the Wallace Collection. It is a small, but nice and free museum. I then took the tube back to Paddington to collect my luggage from the hotel and also had a quick…
I landed in London today at Heathrow Terminal 2. I took the transfer bus to Terminal 4 where Oman Air is. I went through security and arrived at the gate. I told them I couldn’t continue because my business visa wasn’t ready yet… They took me off the flight and got my bag. I then…
I had this trip on my calendar for months. Nothing complicated (except flight routing). I’ll be back in Houston November 15th so I can be ready for my trip to South Africa that leaves on the 18th. Well now I’m going to attempt to stop in the UK for a couple of days on…
After a short nap I woke up and took the metro to Place Espagna to catch Aerobus A1 to the airport. I got on the Aerobus at 0705. I think it is silly that Barcelona spent all kinds of money finally getting the metro to connect to the city and the metro is slower than…
Because the cruise was very active (many long nights in the many bars) I intended to use this as a recovery day – intended. Sine we needed to be out of the room by 0800 I had set my alarm for 0645. I was already packed for the most part. I packed most everything…