ManWood July/August Trip

juli - august 2023

Et 20-dagers eventyr av Chris Les mer

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Sør-Afrika
England

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- Dag 11
- søndag 6. august 2023
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Høyde: 245 m
- Sør-Afrika Makweba -27.820405, 32.06703927°49’13” S 32°4’1” E
Day 10 Safari Day
6. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The team are up early ready to go. It's Safari day. But first Brunch at the Hluehluwe pineapple 🍍 farm on rout to the local market so the volunteers can buy their souvenirs and the on to Bayete.
We take milkshakes to go and 45 mins later arrive at the market. The team get lost in the many rooms that are there and once they have made all their purchases we make our way to Bayete. I love the drive through and the excitement of not knowing what you may see.
When we get to the lodge the lovely laddies that look after us take all the food to the kitchen. The team are show to their rooms and they have huge smiles on their faces.
One of the house Muma's comes up to me and says Chris where is the chicken 🐔 for tonight's meal....
No.........
Ops we forgot it...!
Now anywhere else in the world would mean a quick pop down to the local shop 5mins away.
Not here. We are 1hr away from the shop. So Nkosie snd I jump into the mimi bus and if we go if we are going to eat tonight.
2,5 hrs late we have chicken 🐔 tonight. Well most the team Nkosie hopped for stake.
The first drive out is at 3pm and we made it back in time.
We have quite a dry drive but then I get to see to dominate male wildebeest fighting.
After returning the chicken was a great success and we settle down to the camp firer.Les mer
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- Dag 12
- mandag 7. august 2023
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Høyde: 161 m
- Sør-Afrika Emanyoni -27.790445, 32.05347427°47’26” S 32°3’13” E
Day 11 2nd Safari day
7. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
6am up and ready to go for the second game drive and on the look out for Lions 🦁. Everyone is up and no one need waking up on the second safari day.
Dillon our Safari ranger did us proud, not just a lioness but 3 beautiful cubs. It never ceases to amaze me the pure size of these animals.
After an elephant interaction we had lunch at Tiger Lodge over looking the reservoir,Les mer
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- Dag 13
- tirsdag 8. august 2023
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 63 m
- Sør-Afrika The Big 5 False Bay -27.820908, 32.39393827°49’15” S 32°23’38” E
Day 12 Bagwash Day
8. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
It's the last day of the build which means it's Bagwash day and dressing the house getting it ready to hand over.
The team have worked so hard and it is so lovely to see it all coming together. 4 years of preparation and and we are final there.Les mer
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- Dag 14
- onsdag 9. august 2023 14:27
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Høyde: 26 m
- Sør-Afrika Sodwana Bay -27.539213, 32.67692927°32’21” S 32°40’37” E
Day 13 Beach Day
9. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Sometimes on a trip you get ups with downs, but an unexpected has visit to the hospital rural hospital certainly delivered an up.
I not to sure if you were the only person in the waiting room that the NHS would deliver such a good atmosphere that made you feel good without taking any medication...lol
Time for the beach and........chill.
Then the last meal at Sodwana Bay Lodge. Before we up lift to Rorkes Drift.
What a team....!Les mer
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- Dag 15
- torsdag 10. august 2023
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 1 154 m
- Sør-Afrika Vryheid Airport -27.7716, 30.79092527°46’18” S 30°47’27” E
Day 14 Rorkes Dift the long drive
10. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we uplift to a Ranch near Rorkes Drift. But first a long drive via Vryheid and the opportunity to see Xoliswa and Mr G. I can not wait..! It's been 4yrs since I last saw the man that sorts everything out for us in SA and Xoliswa it's always a joy to see him.
But before we leave we need that photo with the Lovely Nomusa that looks after the whilst at the lodge.

Whilst in Vryheid it was also great to meet Edgar the man that makes all our beads for the children that we build the houses for. A true Craftsman.
After a short lunch break, there never seems enough time to spend with people you care about.
So it's a 3hr drive of to Rorkes Drift. When we finally get there we are staying in an Air BB for 3 days. We start of done a dirt track into a valley , 45mins later we are met by a young man. I thought the son of maybe the owner off this remote raunch. But no at 22 he owns and runs it. Hats of to him.
That afternoon he took the team out for a game drive.Les mer
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- Dag 16
- fredag 11. august 2023
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Høyde: 1 113 m
- Sør-Afrika Ncepheni -28.319855, 30.58234828°19’11” S 30°34’56” E
Day 15
11. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Today a great day for the team they have waited so long to go to Blood River and Rorke's Drift and finally with their guided Sean leading the way.
How time moves on. In the mini bus we have has Sean puts it, the 3 great Warriors.
The Zulu's
The Africans
And the English.
In the great fights that surrounded the area that we now found ourselves in 100yrs ago we wouldn't be sharing a mini bus or any vehicle..!
At the end of the day Sean buys everyone of a beer 🍺 and we bow our heads and raised a bottle has he units the great warriors that had fallen.Les mer
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- lørdag 12. august 2023
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Høyde: 1 085 m
- Sør-Afrika Van Tonders Pass -28.406017, 30.27962128°24’22” S 30°16’47” E
Day 16
12. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another great day out for the Team. Plus we got to visit some ancient Zulu paintings in a cave on the Rauch with our host.
It's beautiful to sit in the cave looking out over the the African plane knowing that we all came from Africa once upon a time.........Les mer
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- Dag 18
- søndag 13. august 2023
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 27 m
- Sør-Afrika Umhlanga -29.726545, 31.08499729°43’36” S 31°5’6” E
Day 17 Durban
13. august 2023, Sør-Afrika ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After and amazing tag on 3 days in such a beautiful place it was time to make the long drive to Durban. But first to check it hasn't rained in the night otherwise with everyone in the vehicle plus the luggage we will not be going anywhere.
No rain so we are of.
We arrive at the hotel for one nights stay and a little retail therapy.
It always feels a little strange back out in the city.
We book a table at a local restaurant for our final meal in SA. My lasting memory is Ashton ploughing through a meat platter for two....lolLes mer
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- mandag 14. august 2023
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Høyde: 48 m
- England Crabtree 51.011587, -0.26063951°0’42” N 0°15’38” W
Day 18
14. august 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Time to fly home.
It's always a challenge leaving friends behind. But I always say that you have to go home to come back.
Thank you Africa, Till next time.
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