VIDEO – SWAZILAND VACATION AND ANOTHER SUN HOTEL
I promise that this is the second last one from Africa. I am even getting on my own nerve. However, if I do not publish these videos someplace they will be lost forever. Even though the quality is poor, I…
VIDEO – GARDEN ROUTE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE WHALES 1989
This video shows a little bit of our trip from Cape Town along the Garden Route on the Indian Ocean to Port Elizabeth. We had rented a vehicle and were just making a tour along the coast. When we finished…
VIDEO – BLUE TRAIN TO CAPE TOWN – AFRICA’S ORIENT EXPRESS
I know, I know I said I was almost done with videos. Again this is an edited version of a much more boring video. My god, I felt like snoozing (and I think I did) while editing this. This is…
VIDEO – SEYCHELLES, SAND, SUN, GIRLS AND PIRATES
Yet another video from our time in Africa. This one from the Seychelles while on vacation at the end of 1989 or very beginning of 1990. It is a long home movie, full of adventure. Even cutting it down, it…
VIDEO – MAURITIUS VACATION OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA
Yet another video from Africa. This one is an excerpt from our trip to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, in late 1989. Once again the age and number of times it was transferred to different media formats over the last…
KRUGER PARK GRAMPA TRACKS AN ELEPHANT A VIDEO 1989
Before I jump into New Zealand, I wanted to post a few videos of our time in Africa. They were shot wherever we journeyed and are 30 years old. They started on original VHS tapes, and over the years were…
WITH MEMORIES OF SOUTH AFRICA LOCKED IN MY BLOG WE NOW DEPART (ADIOS)
I have spent a long time reaching into the depths of this old mind, in order to set in print some of my remaining memories of South Africa. I have truly enjoyed digging out memories, some of which have been…
LOST IMAGES OF AFRICA FROM 1989-90 HAVE RESURFACED
Yesterday, I was searching thru an old box in the garage, when I came across a packet of unsent post cards that dated back to the 1980’s. There were quite a few and in some cases multiple copies of the…
ONE LAST POST OF OUR VISITORS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1989-1990
I am about ready to leave South Africa and venture on to our next stop in this journey. I cannot leave, however, without first posting some pictures of our visitors and some of the places that they found themselves in,…
GREAT FOOD EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Since starting my travels in Peru, I have dedicated myself to eating as many different foods and trying as many different tastes as I possibly could. South Africa was no different. Here, I set about experiencing as many new, strange…
