After a two night’s stay at the Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg, Steve (DOS) and I flew from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit, South Africa. The flight was less than an hour aboard an Embraer 140 jet, and as the flight wasn’t full…
Safari Bound!
O.K., after a quick update in the last post, our Africa trip continues. (I’m in Washington D.C. now on business this week.) And now back to the vacation of a lifetime, from Johannesburg: Our day started with an early morning…
Dinner night out in Johannesburg
After our morning tour of the K.Y.P. Village and Mandela House, I had a relaxing afternoon back at our hotel, The Fairlawns Boutique Hotel, while Steve (DOS) went shopping with a few others from our AMA Waterways group. Later in…
A visit to K.Y.P. village in Soweto Johannesburg
After breakfast in our hotel, we met our group at the entrance gate to our Fairlawn’s Hotel for our day touring around Johannesburg. The day would be broken up into two halves; with the morning tour visiting Soweto and an…
Bye to Victoria Falls: Hello Johannesburg!
After a quick but fun-filled and busy stay, we checked out of The Victoria Falls Hotel after two nights, and were off to Johannesburg on the part of our AMA Waterways tour/cruise. We had an outstanding time in Victoria Falls,…
Sunset train ride over The Victoria Falls Bridge on the Bushtracks Express
On the last post we had just arrived into the town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls itself is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, and I first remember hearing about it in my 4th grade geography class,…
Farewell to The Zambezi Queen – Hello to Victoria Falls!
The blog continues on with our last evening aboard the Zambezi Queen. Tonight’s dinner at 7:30 would be an authentic African farewell dinner complete with entertainment by the crew afterwards. We were docked in a quiet and remote lagoon area…
Sailing the Chobe River on the Zambezi Queen
By the second day of our cruise, we knew all of our fellow passengers on our AMA Waterways tour/cruise by name, as we had started as a group in Cape Town for 3 nights. With only 14 cabins, the Zambezi…
Welcome Aboard the Zambezi Queen!
Foreward: This post was done over a period of days due to the busy touring schedule, as well as lack of internet along the way. Hope this gives you an essence of the Zambezi Queen River Boat, as well as…
Sightseeing Table Mountain and South Africa Wine Country
Our third and last day in Cape Town started again with an early breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant. Here we learned the difference in Flapjacks, and Pancakes, at least the way they are served in South Africa. Yesterday I had…