An & Jo’s Adventures

April - July 2018

A 81-day adventure by Jo Goldblatt & Anelle Read more

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- Apr 20, 2018, 6:53am
- 🌙 9 °C
- Altitude: 54 m
- South Africa Province of the Western Cape City of Cape Town Sarepta Bottelaryrivier -33.911179, 18.6655933°54’40” S 18°39’56” E
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Cape Town International Airport
April 20, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
We are on our way!
Destination: Joburg
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First stop - Emma's 4th birthday 🎂
Traveler May this be the adventure of your lifetime ladies!! I’ll be living vicariously through u both 👊🤗
4/20/18Reply
Traveler We ever gonna see the 2nd stop 🧐
4/24/18Reply
Traveler Loads of fun ?!! ✈️💗💗🙋🏻‍♀️
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- Apr 21, 2018, 11:00am
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 1,616 m
- South Africa Gauteng City of Johannesburg Sandown Sandton Library -26.108009, 28.0571926°6’29” S 28°3’26” E
Day 2
Emma's Tea Party
April 21, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Nothing like starting our adventures at a 4year old TEA PARTY 😉 lots of fun and cake and TEA 😬 xxx
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- Apr 26, 2018, 2:46pm
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 1,616 m
- South Africa Gauteng City of Johannesburg Sandown Sandton Library -26.108009, 28.0571926°6’29” S 28°3’26” E
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Sandton Shmanton Gautrain...
April 26, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Okay, here we go...so super excited about ‘ONLY ONE BAG BETWEEN US’....turns out it’s bladdy heavy...and super huge 🤦🏼‍♀️

Trekking down the 7million escalators at Sandton Gautrain station has taken us just about as long as it will take for us to get from here to the airport...but thats okay - even if we only flying in 4hours...seems like a good enough amount of time to have a few beers 🍻...Read more
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- Apr 27, 2018, 9:18am
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- United Arab Emirates Dubai AL Twar Second Dubai International Airport 25.25321, 55.3530725°15’12” N 55°21’11” E
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Dubai, Terminal...the last one!
April 27, 2018 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Destination: Phuket, Thailand
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So our stop-over at Dubai was super uneventful...after not managing to sleep much on the plane, we got to Dubai, took the train to the other terminal...and then walked to like the end of the terminal just about...whoohooo 10000steps for the day at 5am - nailed it!

Then we pretty much hit the ground...literally...found a spot and passed out. Best 3hours of sleep EVER!!!!

Grabbed a coffee from Costa...and a R40 Norwegian Water....I know...and now waiting to board our next flight to Phuket. Kapkunka!Read more
Traveler Geniet jul vlug veral die lekker kos!
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Some bergies looks better than this Joey 😝
4/27/18Reply
Such a gorgeous bergie! 😍
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- Apr 27, 2018
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Thailand Phuket Ban Bo Sai Hat Nai Yang 8.105774, 98.3051798°6’21” N 98°18’19” E
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Thailand Baby! Phuket - all smiles!
April 27, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Destination: Phuket, Thailand
#CityCount: 3
#FlightCount: 3

Landed! Whoop whoop. So after printing out every application for visas known to man, even after I have actually been to Thailand a few times 🤦🏼‍♀️...I realize we don’t need the photos, don’t need the cash and don’t need the forms...serious brainfade 😊

BUT as promised Lekker long queues for immigration - we dying to get to our hotel in Patong beach so we can go for a swim - whoohoo!

Just gotta find a orange bus now...I think it’s orange, or maybe it was yellow...mmm...just NOT the shortbus- we don’t need a shortbus...yet!

2hours later...🙄

So we found the bus 😊...and were off the Patong Beach 🏖 Checked into our hotel, dropped off our bags - and went on the hunt for a Thai Green Curry and a beer!

Bangla Road 😉🍻🍛!Read more
Traveler Mmmmm!!
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Traveler Hectic! 😅😅
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Traveler Oee wat is dit?
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- Apr 28, 2018, 12:16pm
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Thailand Phuket Ban Dong Kham Kalim Bay 7.90153, 98.298927°54’6” N 98°17’56” E
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Thantip Beach Resort, Patong Beach
April 28, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Quick dip in the pool before heading out to the beach 😬
Traveler Oeee lekker!!
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Traveler Sjoe dis te mooi daar.
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Traveler Fun fun fun !! 😊😊
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- Apr 28, 2018, 4:27pm
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Thailand Phuket Ban Dong Kham Kalim Bay 7.905194, 98.2966857°54’19” N 98°17’48” E
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Patong Beach...getting our beach on!
April 28, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
So we not really the types who love to go to the beach and just lie there...all day...but if we have something to do we’ll go, and stay!

We hired our loungers and umbrella, went swimming and “played catch” for a while too!

Good times, Cocktails and SUN!!Read more
Traveler Oooooo la laaaa ! 😊😊🏖
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Traveler Dit lyk hemels -geniet die strand
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Traveler So ontspannend⛱🏝🏖
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- Apr 29, 2018, 1:00pm
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Thailand Phuket Patong Patong Beach 7.893742, 98.2951567°53’37” N 98°17’43” E
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Fish feet b4 our airport run
April 29, 2018 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Patong Beach, Phuket - Day 2 😊

So after a little bit of a sleep in we decided to head out and find the second hand book shop to get a book or 2...didn’t find it, all this while it was pouring with rain and still 29degrees - so running around in shorts and a t-shirt...and an umbrella.

After no success finding the book shop we stopped to do that whole fish eat your feet thing - it was awesome!!! 😬...first time for me.

And the just before we headed to the airport to leave for Sri Lanka - we grabbed some lunch on the beach 🏖 xRead more
Traveler Daai voete moet nou sommer 100% beter voel vir 100000de voetstappe 👣👣👣
4/30/18Reply
Traveler Nom nom nom !! 🐟
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Traveler Beautiful rain! Capetonians in awe !!
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- Apr 30, 2018, 1:14am
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- Malaysia Selangor Kampung Ayer Hitam 2.73926, 101.6885682°44’21” N 101°41’19” E
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Kuala Lumpur...Capsule Hotel
April 30, 2018 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Destination: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
#CityCount: 4
#FlightCount: 4

So we landed around 12pm at night - after gaining an hour....6hours ahead from home, and were prepared to settle in for an 8h30min lay-over.

So...we decided let’s find something in Kuala Lumpur to get some sleep 😊...missions around, got lost a bit in the airport but eventually got through immigration and then headed for accomm. Not 1st, or 2nd hotel had space 🙄...by then An was over it...and I was frustrated...we tried 1 more, and Thank you goodness, they had space.
3am...we got to sleep at 3 am, in a container. Literally!

Was def quite an experience - and worth it to get some sleep!

Sri Lanka flight out was at 8.35am, so we had a shower, Change of clothes, through immigration and back to the airport in time to board!

3 different time zones, 3 countries, in 1 day!!!Read more
Traveler Cosy! Did you get some sleep here? 👀😴😴🙏🏼
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Traveler Yoh!
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- Apr 30, 2018, 11:46am
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Sri Lanka Western Province Wellawatta Kirillapone Canal 6.88259, 79.8560186°52’57” N 79°51’22” E
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Day 11
Colombo, Sri Lanka
April 30, 2018 in Sri Lanka ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Destination: Colombo, Sri Lanka
#CityCount: 5
#FlightCount: 5.

Finally! While Patong was awesome it was really just a drop in, Sri Lanka is our real first Dora-Explorer dirt-leg. 3h30min flight from Kuala Lumpur, and we gained 2h30mins...awesome! Must say this time we slept through the whole flight mostly...revved up to explore Sri Lanka.......and we find out it’s a holiday here today 🤦🏼‍♀️...

Anyways...got to the hotel, got room upgraded, OBVIOUSLY...and then headed out to get our train tickets for Kandy tomorrow, because if you don’t get them early enough you get 3rd class tickets...and it’s a bit rough in that carriage.

Grabbed a tuk-tuk and got our 2nd class tickets, with the help of a nice Sri Lankan lady who works in Kandy.

Then we asked our Tuk-Tuk driver to take us to a restaurant or place where there’s really good Sri Lankan food. Boom! Best Chicken Briyani EVER!

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Traveler Whoopee!! Sunshine and no more monsoon 😎😎
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Traveler Wow! Enjoy! Take care! 💗💗 Keep the pics coming! Yay!
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Traveler Gorgeous traveler! 😘
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