New York, Africa, and Asia 2007
In and around World
My sister and I are taking a two-month trip using Airtreks' awesome round-the-world airfares! We are going to spend a couple of days in New York before heading to Africa. We will visit Victoria Falls in Zambia and next head to South Africa to spend some time in Cape Town. We're driving a rental car as far as Durban before flying to Mauritius for some rest and relaxation. We end our trip with some time in Malaysia and Hong Kong!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler AK Andy
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New York, Day One
New York City! What a city! We got in late last night - after we got to the airport we had to wait about 1/2 hour for the shuttle into... Continue reading »
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A Walking Tour
Today we took a suggestion of our guidebook, and took the subway over to Brooklyn. From there, we walked back to Manhattan, across the Brookl... Continue reading »
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Central Park and more!
Today was a great day, full of lots of walking. In some cases it would be easier to catch the subway or a cab between locations, but it is ce... Continue reading »
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Welcome to Zambia! (and Zimbabwe)
Africa is such a beautiful, amazing place. It is definitely worth the effort to get here. We left New York on an evening flight to Fran... Continue reading »
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Cape Town
Cape Town is of the most scenic cities I've ever been to. The backdrop of Table Mountain and the surrounding ocean encourages constant pictur... Continue reading »
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Cape Town to Robertson
My sister and I had our rental car delivered to our hotel this morning and after getting reaquainted with left side-of-the-road driving, we were on... Continue reading »
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Robertson to Oudtshoorn
Today we mostly drove on the R62 in an area known as "The Little Karoo". We only had time for one stop, in the lovely little town of Montagu.... Continue reading »
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Oudtshoorn to Knysna
Today our drive took us down to the coast to finally meet "The Garden Route". It is definitely more my type of scenery, mountains and forests... Continue reading »
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Knysna
Today we took a tour to the Featherbed Nature Reserve, situated on one of the "Heads" (there are two cliffs between the Knysna Lagoon and the Indian O... Continue reading » -
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Knysna to Port Elizabeth
Today we left Knysna to journey to Port Elizabeth, our last portion of the Garden Route. We had at 12:30pm forest Canopy Tour at Storms River... Continue reading »
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Port Elizabeth to Addo Elephant National Park
Today we made it to the lovely Addo Elephant National Park, a quick drive north of Port Elizabeth. We made it into the park just in time for... Continue reading »
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Addo Elephant National Park to the Kob Inn (Wild Coast)
Today we did the crazy drive to the beautiful Kob Inn. The Inn is about 60km off the N2 (major paved highway) and I can honestly say the last ha... Continue reading » -
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The Antbear (Central Drakensberg)
After leaving the Kob Inn on the Wild Coast, we had a very long driving day up to the spectacular Antbear Guesthouse in the Central Drakensberg reg... Continue reading »
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The Cathedral Peak Hotel & Area
After staying at so many cozy guesthouses (and the friendly Antbear in particular) across South Africa, we actually had a hard time adjusting to st... Continue reading »
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Durban
This is more of a place marker than to say anything of real interest, as we didn't do much today other than leave the Cathedral Peak area and drive... Continue reading »
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Pereybere
For the next 6 nights we will be staying at the Cote D'Azur Hotel in the small town of Pereybere. Pereybere is a great location to stay at and u... Continue reading » -
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Grand Baie
Grand Baie, only 1km away from Pereybere, is actually a slightly larger version of its quieter neighbor. Both towns are bereft of sidewalks,... Continue reading »
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Port Louis
Only an hour-long bus ride away from Pereybere, Port Louis (the largest city in Mauritius) is a bustling, loud place quite different from the littl... Continue reading »
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The Botanic Gardens and L'Aventure du Sucre
Today we took the bus from Pereybere to the Pamplemousses area (19 rupees each) to visit the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens and L'Aven... Continue reading »
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Ilot Gabriel
Today we took a day trip to Ilot Gabriel, a gorgeous island about 11 km north of the mainland. The tour left from Grand Baie (most tours of nort... Continue reading » -
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South Mauritius
South Mauritius seems delightfully deserted after the crowds of Grand Baie. The best thing about staying in a guesthouse along the coast, as&... Continue reading »
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Points of Interest Around South Mauritius
Today we planned to have an all-day taxi to see some things around the island before we got dropped off at the airport in the evening, for our ... Continue reading »
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Central Mauritius
On our last day in Mauritius we hired a taxi for about 5 hours (2000 rupees) to see some of the highlights of Central Mauritius. Having a tax... Continue reading »
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is one of the best cities I have ever visited. It is extremely tourist-friendly and has an amazing transportation system. ... Continue reading »
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Causeway Bay
Our first day in Hong Kong got off to a slow start due to the late hour we arrived this morning, but that was fine with us as we just wanted to tak... Continue reading »
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Central and Kowloon
Today we bought Octopus cards to help with the transportation system here in Hong Kong - a great option because once you have your Octopus car... Continue reading »
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Kowloon
Today we spent more time in the Kowloon section of Hong Kong. We went to the Hong Kong Museum of Art, on the waterfront in the Tsim Sha Tsui... Continue reading »
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Macau in One Day
Today we took the Turbo Jet over to Macau for the day. We ended up seeing almost everything on foot, as we had almost 8 hours there and reaso... Continue reading »
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Lantau and more!
Today we went to Lantau, a beautiful island that is most enjoyable on a clear day. Sadly for us, it was foggy and so we didn't quite have the... Continue reading »
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Stanley
Today w went to Stanley, a very nice and quiet area. We found it to be a nice change of pace from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong's busy s... Continue reading »
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Sha Tin
Today we took the railway out to Sha Tin, a town in the New Territories. The first attraction we visited in Sha Tin was the 10,000 Buddhas Mo... Continue reading »
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