Last days in Africa :-(
15 August
Today was our last day in Kruger and final stop in the tour:
we were heading back to Jo’burg after a jam-packed full two weeks. It was a bittersweet journey as we were
extremely happy to be going back to a lovely hotel with all the creature
comforts we’d missed, but sad to say goodbye to all the friends we’d made on
the tour. I can’t say I wasn’t ecstatic
about having a delightful double bed to sleep in that night, rather than a cold
uncomfortable tent that we had to erect ourselves! Upon arriving, the first thing I did was flop
down on the bed and barely moved from there for the next 14 hours! We’d had a great tour around southern Africa
but I was exhausted from all the early mornings and lack of sleep.
16 August Our final full day in Africa, sadly. We spent it on a guided tour of Soweto, the south-western townships of Jo’burg. We visited an informal township that was mostly hand-constructed with metal and wood, occupied by many immigrants from war-torn African countri…
16 August Our final full day in Africa, sadly. We spent it on a guided tour of Soweto, the south-western townships of Jo’burg. We visited an informal township that was mostly hand-constructed with metal and wood, occupied by many immigrants from war-torn African countri…