2016 Africa Adventure

In 2016 Gimpy, Muscles and I set off on an African Safari in South Africa, visit the glitz and glamour of the United Arab Emirates and travel back in time exploring Egypt.

Planning for Africa!

ByMinion-Chris May 26, 2016 1 Comment
In June of 2016 I will be travelling to Africa with two friends. Visiting all 7 continents has been a bucket list item of mine and going to Africa will check one more off the list! Africa is a huge continent with many amazing and wonderful things to see, do, and experience. When thinking about what to do, there were two things at the top of my list: Go on a safari Visit the pyramids This meant...

Preparing and Packing for Africa

ByMinion-Chris May 30, 2016 1 Comment
Now with our itinerary settled, my focus has turned to preparing and packing for this trip! I have found the Canadian Government travel site useful whenever I needed to look up country specific entry requirements, amongst other miscellaneous information.  So with some quick research, I found that there were no formal visas that were required for a Canadian citizen travelling to Egypt, United...

Looooong Day of Travel, but we made it!

ByMinion-Chris June 2, 2016 3 Comments
Hello from Cape Town! It took about 29 hours of travel but we finally made it safe and sound! Our travel day started out on a positive note. Jun 1st was the inaugural double daily flight from YVR to LHR and we were lucky enough to be booked on this flight! Because of the celebratory nature of the flight we were treated to a departures gate full of snacks, music and a "London-esque" theme!...

La Columbe, Bo-Kaap, Kirstenbosch, Groot Constantia, Cape of Good Hope and Penguins?

ByMinion-Chris June 13, 2016 1 Comment
We had a free day before we started our official G Adventures tour. We only had reservations for lunch so the day was pretty free. We started with the complimentary breakfast provided by our hotel.  As far as hotel breakfasts go, this wasn’t bad, there was a selection of cold cuts, fruit, cereals, juices and hot plates that included hash browns, sausages, bacon, mushrooms, and assorted...

Wine Tour & Travel to Johannesburg

ByMinion-Chris June 13, 2016 0 Comments
Our group had booked a full day wine tour throughout the wine lands today. In total we would be visiting 5 wineries to taste with a stop for lunch. This would also be our last full day in Cape Town before flying to Johannesburg the next day to start our Safari adventure. We started our tour at Villera Wines Where we were able to sample: Traditional Brut NV Mono Brut 2008 Sauvignaun Blanc 2015...

Travel to Kruger, Three Rondavels, Bourke’s Luck Potholes and God’s Window

ByMinion-Chris June 14, 2016 1 Comment
We started early again as we had a packed day en route to Kruger National Park where we would be doing the first of a few Safari Game Drives.  We piled into a new Quantum with Arthur and made our way out of Johannesburg.  It was a two hour drive before we made our first pit stop at a gas station. Maybe I’m just used to North American Gas stations, but this was one of the fanciest gas stations...