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  • You know what's cooler than seeing a rhino or a giraffe? Seeing a half-rhino, half-giraffe. Imagine how cool (or "hectic" as they'd say here in South Africa) that'd be—seeing something you'd never even seen a picture of before and didn't even know existed. Well, we saw the scenic equivalent of a gir-rhino on the second day of our "Hectic Route" South Africa road trip. Golden Gate Highlands National Park is a hybrid of Scottish highlands and Arizona desert. Like a gir-rhino, we didn't know it existed and had never even seen photos of it before seeing it in real life, so it blew our minds. Maybe it wasn't as mind-blowing as a gir-rhino would be, but it was cool. For more photos, check out our Hectic Route Day 2 recap on the blog. Link in bio! ☝️
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  • What do you think of Johannesburg? We really wanted to like it. Maybe, like Bogota, Colombia, it didn’t deserve its horrible reputation. That's why we were full of optimism when we kicked off our two-week "Hectic Route" South Africa road trip there (which we'll be recapping daily here). It didn’t take long for that optimism to dissolve. Kim was in tears by the time we checked into our prison-like Airbnb. Things did get better from there, but, as we explain in our post on our day in Johannesburg, it isn't on our list of places we're eager to go back to. Is your opinion of Joburg similar, or different? Let us know! Also, stay tuned over the next 14 days as we recap a HECTIC two-week South Africa road trip and uncover many colors of the Rainbow Nation that most foreigners, us included, don't know about. ☝️For full recaps, head to the blog. Link in bio!
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  • The view from Noordhoek Peak a couple weeks back. 😎 Thanks to @justinhawthorne for teaching us about fynbos, South African culture, and where to find the best wine in the Western Cape! If you need a guide while in CT who really knows his stuff, Justin is your man.☝️
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  • Chris isn’t smiling because of the rain. Or the wind. He actually hates wind. But there’s a giant herd of wild eland, a South African antelope in the distance that we encountered while hiking in the beautiful Drakensberg mountains a couple weeks back. 🦌🦌🦌 Read our latest post on the blog. A special thanks to @cathedralpeakhotel for their warm hospitality. We’ll be back!
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  • Follow along our road trip from Jo-Burg to Cape Town. Day 1 and 2, posted on the blog.
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  • Had an eye opening day at the Apartheid Museum in Jo-Burg over the weekend. If you happen to be passing through the city, don’t miss it. ☝️
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