MY TRAVEL DIARY
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To Zaanse Schans and Beyond
I stayed up later than I’d planned last night meeting and chatting with all the amazing girls in my hostel dorm, but even so, drifting off to the calming sounds of the nearby church bells, I still knew that despite the exhaustion and early start, today would be a good one. Just how good I… Read more
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Hallo Amsterdam!
I idly watched tiny droplets of moisture licking at the plane’s wings as cotton wool clouds and sparkling sunbeams made way for a sea of green and grey, followed by a seemingly-endless taxi along the runway and a painless passage through Immigration. Almost as soon as we’d left the UK, I was here, in Amsterdam… Read more
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Cape Safari & Falls – Days 9-10
Last night I slept in a tent again, this time across another land border in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. This game drive into camp was a little more back to nature than the much tamer Kruger. The ride was an incredibly bumpy one, loose sand flying as we barrelled along what vaguely resembled a track… Read more
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Cape, Safari & Falls – Days 8-9
We turned off the main road onto a dirt track, then a smaller dirt track, listening to the clattering scrapes of bare tree branches against the truck’s mental frame and canvas roof covering. We started our day with a tour of a local village, about as rural as it gets… Upon arrival, we were met… Read more
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Cape, Safari & Falls – Day 7
Saturday morning saw us departing South Africa in search of new pastures. The journey there however was not without its own unique complications… Our guide Melissa’s answer? Welcome to Africa. Arriving on the second lot of transfers from our hotel in Johannesburg from the night before, we were met with a bit of a panic.… Read more
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Cape, Safari & Falls – Days 3-6
3.30am. Blurry eyed I reach around for my phone to stop it from making that terrible jingly noise. I’m not ready to wake up yet. And yet Kruger National Park awaits, our step over to the wild side. My time in Kruger can only be described as magical, and I have been sad to leave… Read more
Victoria's Voyage 