by humoftheearth | Oct 15, 2019 | Places I've Been
South Africa was great. But it wasn’t the Africa I had imagined. It felt westernized in a lot of ways (strip malls, fast food, etc.). When I heard it described as ”Africa Light” this rung true with me. I was ready for the ”Real Africa”...
by humoftheearth | Sep 14, 2019 | Places I've Been
Lesotho, a small landlocked country within South Africa was a trip. A totally different experience from the bigger country it exists in. When I saw the small country of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) on the map, I felt there was no other option than paying...
by humoftheearth | Sep 6, 2019 | Places I've Been
I was excited but a tad worried about Kwazulu-Natal, also known as Zululand. I was told that if I didn’t want to get robbed or killed I shouldn’t ”Look at Zulus in their eyes” . But given the prospects of South Africa’s beautiful North...
by humoftheearth | Aug 23, 2019 | Places I've Been
I hadn’t even heard of Lesotho before I came to Africa. It’s a tiny country landlocked within South Africa. But yet it came up in conversation time and time again with locals and other tourists who had been able to visit it. ”You have to go to...
by humoftheearth | Aug 9, 2019 | Places I've Been
This is where my journey through Africa really begins. And what better way to get acquainted than jumping in the deep end. Since South Africa is one of the more expensive countries I’ve travelled, wild camping was on the menu. Hopefully I wasn’t ...
