The Angry Poo
Sensitive readers stop here
September 2, 2014
The following was written on my last day at the Djuma Game Reserve
I've just taken the most difficult shit of my life. This is not an exaggeration. I've had bad episodes before, and surely will have many more to come (India, I see you). But this afternoon's stool session stands as one of the . . .
Djuma Jumanji
Safari Adventures
One of the main reasons why people come to Africa is to take a safari into the bush and gawk at the drama of wildlife as it unfolds. For most of us (myself included until my first trip to SA) exposure to these daily dramas are limited to Attenborough-narrated documentaries or to visits to the zoo to watch pallid versions of these amazing . . .
End of the Line
An African Railway Experience
After travelling from George in the Western Cape to Durban in the Kzu-Natal, a distance spanning 1,800km covered in three weeks, it's my last day of my South African Garden Route road trip. The last few days are spent in balmy Durban scarfing bunny chows, visiting markets, and catching a few more waves. It's winter here and the nights . . .
The Way of the Shark
Diving the Aliwal Shoal
Shark cage diving is not for the faint of heart. One tempts a messy death when stepping into a cage submerged in water chummed with blood and fish guts. It's a reckless and foolhardy endeavor.
Even more reckless and foolhardy is shark diving sans cage.
It was my intention was to come and dive the Aliwal Shoal, one of . . .
Musings on Growing Long Hair
No I will not get a haircut. Stop asking.
August 4, 2014
I'm here in Port Saint John's bored and stranded in the hostel. My plans to catch the Great Sardine Run scuttled on account of temperamental water currents and too few divers to make it worthwhile for the tour operator. Boo. Instead I'll catch up on some writing.
Growing long hair is an experience of . . .
Highway Kicks on Route er... N2?
Road Tripping the Garden Route
Every so often I'll do one of these: just a collection of pictures from the places I've been. These are from my 3-week drive through the Garden Route in South Africa. I met all sorts of people, all of them warm, friendly and welcoming. South Africa is a beautiful country and definitely worth a visit if you ever get the chance.
. . .A Wild Hipster Appeared!
Scenesters of Biblical Proportions
After my extended stay in VicBay, I make my way to Nature's Valley about 120km away. It really is the kind of place that a breakfast bar would be named after; vast rolling foothills, lush vegetation, the Tsitsikamma mountain range as a backdrop, rays of early morning sunshine burning away fog, shimmering as it reflects off the morning . . .
