https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:55:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-9-south-africa-cape-town/ https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-9-south-africa-cape-town/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:51:17 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=87877 September 2nd, 2026 As this is our second week in South Africa, the usual info blurb will not be repeated here but currently: Currency: The Rand – One rand is $0.063 USD and $0.086 CDN Gas: 26.11 Rand per litre = $6.18 USD per gallon (slightly higher than in Joburg a month ago) License plate: […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-9-south-africa-cape-town/feed/ 0 https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-8-eswatini/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:06:05 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=87880 August 29th, 2026 Eswatini, officially the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the east, where it shares a border with Mozambique. Eswatini is one of the smallest countries on the continent, however, its climate and topography are […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-7-mozambique/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:51:44 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=87639 August 21st, 2026 Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The capital and largest city is Maputo. It is roughly the size of Pakistan, approximately […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-6-malawi/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:49:59 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=86798 Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast,  and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Lilongwe is its capital and largest city. The country is slightly smaller than Bulgaria, twice the size of Nova Scotia […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-5-zambia/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:16:01 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=85895 August 9th, 2026 (this post is long but it’s mostly photos and video – enjoy!) Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa bordered by several countries: to the north by the DR, Tanzania to the  northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-4-south-africa-johannesburg/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:56:15 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=85881 August 3rd, 2026 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country on the continent of Africa. Its 9 provinces are bounded to the south a coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-3-eastern-madagascar/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:37:33 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=85243 July 30th, 2026 Our flight left Morondava on time and landed in Tana early and our new driver, Tojo and the today’s guide were waiting for us and took us to the hotel to check in; it was too early to do so. We left our bags with the front desk and, Herijohn (John), our […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-3-western-madagascar/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:05:41 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=85241 July 25th, 2026 Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean lying off the southeastern coast of Africa. It is the world’s 4th largest island and the 2nd largest island country. Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo at 1277 m / 42189’. The country is larger than France, slightly larger than the province […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-2-mauritius/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:10:22 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=84974 July 19th, 2026 Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian ocean, located about 2,000 km / 1,300 mi) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as the islands of Rodrigues, Agalega and St. Brandon. The islands […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/africa-2-rodrigues-island-mauritius/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:23:18 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=84833 July 13th, 2026 Rodrigues is an autonomous outer island of the Republic Mauritius, located 560 km / 350 mi east of the main island of Mauritius. The outer islands of Mauritius are managed by the Prime Minister of Mauritius through the Prime Minister’s Office by the Outer Islands Development Corporation. It is really quite small […]]]>