We were up at 5am again today as we had a long drive ahead from Satara to Shungwedzi. It is about 170 km and while that doesn't seem long in total distance you need to factor into account that you don't drive more than 40 km/h and you have to allow for stops for all the animal sightings. The expected journey time is 7 hours. We had decided on a coffee stop at Olifants and then...
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Today was the real point of the whole trip. We wanted to do the Sani Pass before they tarred the road - which they are in the process of doing. As it turned out, they have only done phase 1 so far which was up to about a few hundred meters from the hotel. Phase 2 is in under construction and is basically from our hotel to the SA border post. As it was Sunday and...
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We were up early and heading out at 6:30am for a morning game drive. We decided to do a longer 4x4 route which turned out to be a lot easier than yesterday's route. It was rocky in places but was not particularly difficult. We added a few birds for the trip and also added Eland. We did stop for morning coffee at a view point though they did warn you to alight at your own risk....
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So here are my summary thoughts (in no particular order) about Japan: They are very organised. Everything runs exactly on time. There are specific places to leave and board trains. The train stops at exactly the correct spot each time. They are very polite and respectful. They form orderly queues for everything. I think they beat the British for their queuing ability. I am pretty sure we broke rules or laws but no one would ever...
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The guidebook basically said Osaka isn't a place to spend any time. If only we had read that before booking two nights here! It is a very modern city with hardly any tourist attractions. Universal Studios is one of the main attractions and that doesn't hold any attraction for us. The people arrive in their hordes though to come to Universal City. It must be doing very well. It doesn't seem to change much whether it...
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We had a long drive ahead today of around 160 km. That might not seem long when you can travel 120 km/h but when you average around 30 km/h then it is a 6 hour trip. We decided to get up around 5:30am and leave when we were ready so that we could do a significant amount of the trip when it was still cooler and good for game viewing. That turned out to be a...
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