1. Cape of Good Hope (Western Cape) 2. Cape Town (Western Cape) 3. Kruger Park (Mpumalanga) 4. Durban (Kwazulu-Natal) 5. Pretoria (Gauteng) Honorable Mention: Garden Route (Western Cape); Coffee Bay (Eastern Cape); Bloemfontein (Free State)
The Guianas
January 2, 2008 by 3 Comments
The Guianas are the region made up of three smaller countries on the Northeast coast of South America. They are Guyana (formerly British Guyana), Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana) and French Guiana. They are all unique in their own way but there are also a lot of similarities between all of them. During my overland trip […]
Top 5-Places From My Last Trip
January 2, 2008 by 1 Comment
1. Kaieteur Falls (Guyana) 2. Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) 3. Paramaraibo (Suriname) 4. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (French Guiana) 5. Georgetown (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago
December 31, 2007 by 2 Comments
I found out Friday night at around 9:30pm that there was an air traffic controller strike set to begin at midnight last night, when my flight was scheduled for 4am. Needless to say, I was fairly nonplussed about the situation and had to scramble to check out of my hotel and get to the airport […]
My Adventure to French Guiana
December 28, 2007 by 2 Comments
There is no rest for the weary when traveling so I got up this morning again at 3:30am and had my dutch only speaking driver bring me to the border with French Guiana to get the 8am ferry crossing over to Saint-Laurent du Maroni. That didn’t happen exactly how I planned it as the road […]
One of Those Days
December 27, 2007 by 7 Comments
Today was a day that every traveler has had at some point. It starts out innocently and ends up being the day from hell. I made two rookie mistakes that I normally don’t make and it cost me most of my day but a good story I guess did come out of it. It all […]
Guyana
December 26, 2007 by 11 Comments
I arrived early this morning on Boxing Day in steamy Guyana. My friend Johnny who I met a few years ago in the Philippines is a Canadian Guyanese (I think that’s how it would be said) and he picked me up from the airport and gave me the quick royal tour of the capital of […]
Losing Your Cell Phone
December 20, 2007 by 8 Comments
Do you remember what it was like before cell phones, texting, camera, emails and the Internet right in the palm of your hand. I certainly don’t or at least I certainly don’t miss the days of using pay phones or calling your answering machine to check messages while you were out, etc. However, last night […]
