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A LAST MINUTE WISH LIST WHEN YOU HAVE WANDERLUST

Five days to Christmas! If you still have some outstanding gifts to buy and all the holiday makers, tinsel and Jingle Bells are freaking you out, so that you cannot think properly, I have some quick and easy travel gift ideas for you – and no you do not have to spent a fortune to impress someone. Think about the person’s personality and his/her love of travel and voila you have many options to choose from! I am leaving some of my thoughts for gift shopping …. For the friend that loves travel into remotes places where electricity is not always an option – how about a power bank to keep them connected to the world and social media? For the loved one (friend or family) who is an adventurous coffee addict – Veer from the well-known coffee brands and try something from the African continent. You will be surprised… Read more >

VICTORIA FALLS FROM THE ZIMBABWE SIDE

After packing up our overnight camp in Kasane we left Botswana through the Kazangula border post (06:00- 18:00) to enter Zimbabwe. Everything here was plain sailing – the gardens tidy, offices neat and even the official on duty greeting me unexpectedly in Afrikaans. Today we will be revisiting the Victoria Falls after nearly 20 years. The mission of this? To show the wonder of the Falls to some newby Africa travelers to marvel at one of God’s creations. The first thing I noticed was the spray of the Falls forming the background of a rather quiet Victora Falls town. The buzz of tourists wandering the streets lingering at sidewalk popup vendors are notably absent. Instead “sale hunger” vendors follow your every step in the desperate hope to put something on their table tonight. We parked our vehicles in the shade of a tree at the Kingdom Hotel where the hotel… Read more >

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A LAST MINUTE WISH LIST WHEN YOU HAVE WANDERLUST

VICTORIA FALLS FROM THE ZIMBABWE SIDE