DelsBigTrip

• Cape Town, South Africa From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1435 days old)

  My hotel here in Cape Town is on the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a regenerated area of once derelict harbourside not a bustle with restaurants, shops, bars and hotels. I've just spent most of the … more

• Cape Town, South Africa From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1438 days old)

  The first day of December - yikes. So, I left you in Coffee Bay, yes? Well from there I drove into the dense bushveld of the Eastern Cape. There, quietly tucked away I came across Addo Elephant Na… more

• Coffee Bay, South Africa From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1443 days old)

  Monday morning I joined a trip out to the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi National Parks - they are home to the largest population of black and white rhino in the world - established in 1895, these are the olde… more

• St Lucia, South Africa From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1449 days old)

  As an introduction to the thrill of a safari, Thursday evenings jaunt was hard to beat. We were just heading out into the bush when our guide Chris' walkie-talkie crackled that a leopard had just poun… more

• Kruger NP, South Africa From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1452 days old)

  South African Airlines flight from Cairo was about an hour late leaving in the end. It was an okay flight - meals awful - ate the cheese and bread roll. Slept a while I think. We were on the ground at… more

• Cairo, Egypt From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1456 days old)

  Thursday morning we took the Hydrofoil from Hurghada to the Sinai Peninsula, then transferred on to St Catherine, a small town named after the monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai - and the place wher… more

• From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1460 days old)

  Last Saturday morning we took the bus down to Abu Simbel. Three hours there, three hours back - but worth every bumpy mile - an amazing place, probably the highlight of Egypt so far - for me at least.… more

• Aswan, Egypt. From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1465 days old)

  Beginning to feel I may have O.D'd. on ancient sights and monuments. Last Tuesday morning we had a brief jaunt around Alexandria; the Greco-Roman Museum, where there were some fine examples of craftsm… more

• Alexandria, Egypt From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1469 days old)

  Caught sight of myself in a store window a few moments ago - have already picked up that slightly scruffy traveller-chic look - you know, a couple of days stubble, hair a little wild, a stain of unkno… more

• Amman Again, Naturally. From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1472 days old)

  It's early evening - night fell like an axe a couple of hours ago. I'm back where I left you last time - same city, same hotel, same room! Have had the most fantastic few days in between though. On Mo… more

• Amman, Jordan From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1477 days old)

  The flight here to Amman took some five hours, but with the time difference it wasn't until the early hours of the morning that I had cleared customs and immigration and was through to the arrivals lo… more

• Java Cafe From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1478 days old)

  Got to Heathrow a little after 2pm. Checked in and passed the security grilling. Am now 'airside' in the airport terminal - sat with a cappuccino in the internet cafe - writing these words. Flight lea… more

• Leaving Now From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1478 days old)

  I'm feeling really uptight now. Want to be on my way. Nerves kicked in yesterday. I was reading another travel blog about someone taking the Trans-Siberian to Ulaan Bator - she said that she had a kno… more

• From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1480 days old)

  So had the fandamily pow-wow last night, told then that I was taking a little holiday - came as a complete surprise - they thought that I'd gotten all of this sort of thing out of my system with my la… more

• All set now. From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1481 days old)

  Cx knows now, she's excited for me. We met a year or so ago on an online dating site - it was a close thing. Would we be lovers? Would we be friends. I knew what I wanted, she wasn't sure - there were… more

• Breaking news From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1484 days old)

  Hmmm, Cx wasn't didn't get home 'til 10pm - then had to get the kids to bed, tired, long day, yadda yadda yadda ... Didn't get to sleep until 3am last night, thoughts spinning around my head - was up … more

• It starts here From derek1 in DelsBigTrip (1485 days old)

  So, a sudden change of heart, a sudden change of direction, a sudden realisation that in a little less than four months time I shall no longer be a thirty-something, but forty years old. I find that a… more

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