It was our last day in Tsitsikamma National Park, and Matt was psyched to do some bungee jumping. We planned to stop at Face Adrenalin and step off the tallest bungee jumping bridge in the world before heading to Gansbaai to prepare for our white shark cage dive. Bungee Jump Time, or Not? Instead, we …
I love it when a spur-of-the-moment decision changes everything. We hadn’t planned on zip lining, but we drove by an advertisement on the N2 for a waterfall zipline course, which planted the seed in our thoughts. Eventually, we passed the location, and the seed sprouted and forced us to do a U-turn on the road …
Our road trip of South Africa’s Garden Route continued from Jeffreys Bay to Tsitsikamma National Park. I knew absolutely nothing of this area. I had somehow skipped researching the area between Jeffreys Bay and Gansbaai. We were going to wing it through this area, but we were sure we had a full gas tank! Entering …
Our HUGE travel fail #3 happened on the drive from Port Elizabeth to Jeffreys Bay. During this drive, it was the first time in my life I was incredibly fearful of what may happen. Travel Fail Before arriving in South Africa, I had tried to explain to Matt the concept of “This is Africa.” Different …
Have you ever imagined a grown man so giddy with delight it was as if he had aged back to being an eight-year-old boy? I had not until we pulled up to Addo Elephant Park in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elephants are Matt’s animal. He LOVES elephants. He was excited to spend two days scouting for …