26 March 2009
Travel To Mukambi- Kids in village
By Getaway to Africa
We didn’t make Lusaka as planned. With light falling and a border crossing still ahead, we decided to pack it in for the day’s travel, and set up camp somewhere on the side of the road. |
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18 March 2009
Ilala
By Getaway to Africa
Very sea sick. |
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17 March 2009
Lake Malawi
By Getaway to Africa
Chembe Village, on the southern end of Lake Malawi, has a charm that is difficult to place. |
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16 March 2009
Customs and crocs
By Getaway to Africa
Boat to crocs, hippos, dam wall, tiger fishing |
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11 March 2009
Hmf!
By Getaway to Africa
Rain. Recce Town. Out on boat to tiger fish. |
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10 March 2009
CASA DA PESCA, CAHORA BASSA DAM
By Getaway to Africa
How do I begin to describe what I saw today … awesome views from up top the highest hill over looking the Zambezi River, fish eagles crying in the distance, crickets starting clicking their wings by my feet. |
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9 March 2009
Magic money 2
By Getaway to Africa
Travelling to Songo, Cahora Bassa – CASA DA PESCA |
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8 March 2009
Magic Money
By Getaway to Africa
Ripped by money changer at pink papaya backpackers. |
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7 March 2009
Man down!!!
By Getaway to Africa
Ozzie has malaria. He’s a fighter though – he’s already wanting to carry things and help clean gear and he’s only been down for a day. |
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6 March 2009
Marromeu
By Getaway to Africa
Not quite what I expected. Built around a sugar mill. |
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5 March 2009
Boat to Chinde
By Getaway to Africa
The mouth of the Zambezi River is spectacular, just don’t do it in a bass boat!!! |
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3 March 2009
Travel to Caia & to Marromeu
By Getaway to Africa
Once again a changing landscape in Mozambique. |
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2 March 2009
Shooting wildlife in Gorongosa
By Getaway to Africa
In the seventies the Gorongoza National Park was teeming with wildlife. Today, unfortunately, the same can’t be said, (which is what the recovery and conservation efforts in the area are all about). |
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1 March 2009
GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK
By Getaway to Africa
Growing up in Africa for me was amazing – only I never got to experience going to a Game Reserve. |
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28 February 2009
Hiked Mt Gorongosa
By Getaway to Africa
3.30am dept – back at 9pm. We conquered yet another mountain…MOUNTAIN, whilst filming a tv show. |
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27 February 2009
Gorongosa breakfast
By Getaway to Africa
Justin had mice for breakfast! |
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26 February 2009
Gorongosa – sleep in the Village - Vinho
By Getaway to Africa
I will never forget the feeling of sitting around a fire with group of people who I had just met for the first time. |
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25 February 2009
Travel to Gorongosa
By Getaway to Africa
In search of bread, peri peri and fuel stations |
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24 February 2009
Travel to Inhassoro – gardens @ Gilo
By Getaway to Africa
They said that Africa was not for sissies’ I laughed and thought “well all that walking up and down Table Mountain would see me through”. |
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23 February 2009
Mozzie mares!
By Getaway to Africa
6 blood splats now have prominent positions on the inside of my tent. |
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23 February 2009
Travel to Inhambane – Bamboozi
By Getaway to Africa
Roads around these parts are not great. |
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22 February 2009
Falcao & Gil Vicente in Maputo at nite
By Getaway to Africa
The Mozambique government has been very supportive in the production. |
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22 February 2009
Travel to Maputo
By Getaway to Africa
Just had a clutch replaced in one of our Fortuna’s. |
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21 February 2009
Ponte building sunrise & sunset
By Getaway to Africa
Probably the most noticeable and iconic building in Johannesburg, the infamous ponte building. |
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20 February 2009
½ day shoot – Jozi – sunset – sandton towers
By Getaway to Africa
As fun as it looks on TV, producing a show like Getaway to Africa is somewhat like giving birth. |
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20 February 2009
OUR PLANE WAS ON FIRE!!! Ibo to Pemba
By Getaway to Africa
“Fogo no cabin”!!! – announced by the pilot - says trouble to me. Nervous smiles from an air stewardess running with fire extinguisher to the front of the plane - says trouble to me… |
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19 February 2009
Fly Ibo to Pemba
By Getaway to Africa
What can I say? I am just too happy to leave Ibo Island. |
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19 February 2009
Life on Ibo
By Getaway to Africa
Walking down the dusty road that led into the heart of the Ibo Island community, I really didn’t have the slightest idea what to expect. |
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19 February 2009
Ibo Island
By Getaway to Africa
Perched on the bow of an ancient dhow heading out with the tide between tropical reefs and forgotten islands at 4.30 in the morning. |
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18 February 2009
Flying from Pemba to Ibo Island
By Getaway to Africa
On our way to Ibo Island I had the opportunity to film some aerials over the Quirimba Archipelago |
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17 February 2009
Fishing with the locals
By getaway to africa
I think I was the first and only woman to ever be on one of those fishing dows... |
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16 February 2009
PIQUETIQUETE VILLAGE, PEMBA
By Getaway to Africa
Staring out to sea, I suddenly saw everything in a different light. It was early morning, the dhows were going out and I had just been stung by a wasp. |
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11 February 2009
Fluffly issues
By Getaway to Africa
Stressed, very stressed. |
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11 February 2009
Back in the city!
By Getaway to Africa
Why? I ask, why have I chosen the life of the city over the places I have just experienced? |
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10 February 2009
Travel from Kamberg to JHB
By Getaway to Africa
One would assume that we’d have been very unenthusiastic about traveling today but I’m happy to say that it didn’t even cross our minds. |
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10 February 2009
Kamberg
By Getaway to Africa
Climbing to the top of a mountain to get cell phone reception… again… |
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6 February 2009
Arrival at Injisuthi
By Getaway to Africa
Yesterday we hiked 14 kilometers in the rain, struggling to keep our camera gear dry, chasing baboons across treacherously slippery rivers, attempting to capture the magnificence of a mountain range shrouded in mist. |
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5 February 2009
An African playground
By Getaway to Africa
I can’t help but think about how impatient South Africans are as travelers and how they would rather jump on a plane and fly overseas for a holiday. |
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4 February 2009
Weather woes - Malealea Lodge, Lesotho
By Getaway to Africa
It’s wet, its cold….wet. Today we were supposed to go pony trekking, as soon as I exposed the camera, the heavens just closed and started pouring down with rain, Murphy’s Law; I suppose. |
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3 February 2009
Malealea Lodge, Lesotho
By Getaway to Africa
Nothing could have topped the emotional atmosphere felt by each and every one of the crew as we sat in a close circle amidst a forest in the Malealea Village. |
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2 February 2009
Early enthusiasm - Lesotho Sun, Maseru, Lesotho
By Getaway to Africa
The first few steps of a mighty expedition show the crew filled with excitement and enthusiasm. |
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30 January 2009
Lesotho Sun, Maseru, Lesotho
By Getaway to Africa
The challenge of setting out to create a show unlike any other, has been accompanied by the challenge of finding and originating the ways in which to do so. |
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29 January 2009
Travel anticipation - Golf View BB, Laingsburg
By Getaway to Africa
I don’t think that anyone’s really interested in the semantics that always come with the first day of travel. |
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