Kategorie: 2018
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Here we go!
Nine-eleven: Our third long journey in Africa starts today. However not the „3“ but the „7“ could become the numerical code for this trip: 7 countries, 77 days, 7,000 km – more or less 🙂 To get our dear readers into the right mood, here’s the rough planning of our route, which will certainly change…
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A day when the world has changed
Ttoday’s date has been hammered in our brain as nine-eleven as it marks the 17th anniversary of Al-Qaida’s attack on the World Trade Center (2001) but also – not to forget – Darmstadt’s „night of the fire“ (1944), when 80% of a really pretty city* was destroyed and more than 11,000 people died after a…
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Crocodile Lodge
Here we left Africa in 2017, here it starts again in 2018: The Crocodile Lodge in Johannesburg. Toyo is waiting (freshly washed) under a tin roof. Pretty ready to start. Although Crocodile Lodge can present Kois, Emus and Buerbulls, their six crocs strengthen the company brand a bit more. The Lodge’s six pets are still…
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3 days Johannesburg
That’s the way it is in Africa. Three days are gone, not much happened. We loaded our Landcruiser, installed a new solar regulator, produced a short circuit in one of our four batteries, drove around town for four hours looking for a Varta battery dealer, ordered a battery, picked it up & installed it the next…
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No souvenirs today
On our 8 hours drive we passed the highly secured Venetia diamond mine of De Beers. The 3rd largest diamond mining venture in the world with an annual output of 4 million carats. Despite being girls‘ best friends, neither Martina nor Lore did not get an early Christmas present. The landscape didn’t change very much.…
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Merck University in Joburg
Yesterday saw the annual hike of the first Merck University graduates around Oppenheim. In South Africa, two alumnis thought of their fellow students with some Sauvignon Blanc on Friday already.
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Also in 2018: Zimbabwe
We left South Africa for Zimbabwe on Sunday morning. Wise. As the border crossing was actually unproblematic. However even on Sundays you have to pay a fee here, have a look into the car there, need a stamp from someone important – and so it takes about two hours. We are curious to see how the country…
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Matobo Hills National Park
Completely alone we spend the first night in Zimbabwe in the national park of Matobo Hills on idyllic campsites around a small lake, but unfortunately no water runs (and in the lake crocodiles lurk) and the toilets are unattractive in the meantime even for the passing baboons. Although everything looks like several years of neglect,…
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View of the World
The reward the next morning after another ascent: sunrise at the tomb of Cecil Rhodes and a „View of the World“ as the world just awakens. Die Belohnung am nächsten Morgen nach einem nochmaligen Aufstieg: Sonnenaufgang am Grab von Cecil Rhodes und ein „View of the World“ als die Welt eben erwacht. The Matobo Mountains…