freezing while searching for wild game in South Africa

Shamwari Game Preserve, near Port Douglas, South Africa.

11 days in South Africa WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!

check out upcoming episodes of www.talkintravel.tv and www.talkintravel.com for all the spectacular things you can do in this beautiful country.  From Durban to Shamwari game preserve to Capetown and the Grootbus nature reserve, wine tasting, sand collecting, supurb food , friendly people….So Africa has it dialed in.

capetown, South Africa

on my last nite in capetown at the sas radisson. great sites including table mountain, boulders beach, robbin island museum, winelands-spier, grootbos nature preserve. look for the upcoming episodes of talkintravel tv, the official http://www.talkintravel.com website and upcoming issues of relax and pivitol magazines. what a great experience

Durban SOUTH AFRICA

quite a city,Durban.3.5 million,beautiful beaches,geat food,friendly folks.Beverly Hills hotel is sssssssssssssssssssssssspectaqcular. off to port douglas and game preserves for the next couple days, then cape town. more later

durban,so africa

Indaba Aouth Africa Tourism Trade Show

It took nearly two days to get to Durban, South Africa, but here I am at the third largest travel trade show in the world INDABA and it’s just totally overwhelming. Over 13,000 tour operators, tourism reps, journalists have decended onto this coastal city. South Africa Airlines which flies out of JFK was one of the most pleasant flights I’ve ever taken. The South Africans have a hospitality gene that is second to none. They will do anything to make your travels more enjoyable. One of my missions on this trip is to to find out about handicapped or disability accesibility as it relates to traveling in South Africa, and found two tour operators who specialize in this form of travel. We’ll be having a TV show on talkintravel TV…check out http://www.talkintravel.tv, in the near future or just this subject so stay tuned for that. In the meantime on this trip will be heading south to Port Elizabeth for a couple nights to a game reserve with a possible stop in two of the surfing meccas of the world, Jefferys Bay and Cape St Francis. And in a few days we will be in Capetown at the SAS Radisson for the end of this spectacular visit. Stay tuned for more entries into this blog as the days progress.

Talkintravel is heading to South Africa

I’m taking my first trip to South Africa in early May, 07 and will be writing about the trip for a couple of Silicon Valley publications and create a couple of tv programs for Talkintravel TV.  Check out http://www.talkintravel.com and http://www.talkintravel.tv for the latest.  I’ll also be blogging here during the trip which includes stops in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. rich

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South Africa Visit

I’m heading to South Africa the week of May 9th so stay tuned for my updates on the trip. The first time I can remember even hearing about the country was in Bruce Brown’s movie The Endless Summer. Should be some fun so stay tuned.