Safari in Hluhluwe!

For the first time during my stay here in South Africa I went on a trip outside Durban! I suggested for some of my friends to go away on a safari, and they thought it was a good idea. So on friday me and Njabulo went to the airport to rent a car. I was clever enough to forget my passport so we had to take on more trip, but finally we got a car; the first car ever to be in my name (huge step for me:p). And it was a really nice toyota as you can see on the picture.
Around 16.00 we, as in me, Njabulo, Nathalie, Clifford, Mbuso, and Yoliswa, started our journey by driving towards our destination Cliffords dads house, where we were going to stay over. After an unexpected long, but fun, journey we reached the house at 23.30 and we all were ready for a good night sleep.
As we woke up the following morning and I was looking out, I realized that we were really in the middle of nowhere, but it was nice with the mountains around there and the small society that they lived in. We took some pictures and said goodbye before we headed on the road again towards our main goal, the safari in Hluhluwe National Park. We got there and for R90 we could drive around in the park the whole day. And in the park we were all excited and jumped in the car whenever we saw a new animal. Even when we saw the regular animals we thought it was fun. At the end of the day we had seen giraffes, zebras, baboons, impalas, and warthogs, to mension some. But the most interesting animals we saw was the rhino and a cheetah. Those are two of the big five that I wanted to see so I'm almost half way through. The rhinos we had a clear view, but the cheetah was hidden in the bushes. Even so, it was amazing!
After spending many hours driving around in the park we headed straight back to Durban, which by the way took us just about 3 hours (just a hint of how unexpected the trip up was).
All in all we had a really great time and we are already planning a new trip, but this time to Soweto.. Intersting! We'll see..

God bless you all until next time and enjoy the pictures below:)

I'm back!

As you all can see I haven't been updating my blog the last month.. That is because I've been back in Norway on a summer holiday to visit my girlfriend and my family.. I had one month without any work so I took the opportunity.. And it was GOOD! I landed on my girlfriends birthday and when she came to pick me up I knew this was going to be one of my best holidays ever! And it was.. I got to introduce her to my family and friends as well as spending time with all of them..
I thank God for that because it is not something everybody can do.. My thoughts are going to those who can't move anywhere in Gaza.. It is a sad time and we can only pray that things will get better.. Also my friend, Ragnhild, who was in a car accident.. She is a strong person and I pray God will be with her no matter what happens next..

Hopefully I will be able to bring better news next time I update here..

God bless you all until next time..