Since we've already traveled around South Africa, we're only focusing on a few things.

First, we'll go and see some animals again; we can't get enough of them: It's a great stroke of luck that we've still managed to book Kruger National Park; the park is packed, primarily with South Africans.

Then we'll head to the coast. We know the north, with its wonderful Kosi Bay and iSimangaliso, so we'll head to Durban's South Coast (where, by the way, you can see whales from land!) and south along the Wild Coast.

After that, we'll head a bit further into the hinterland and to the southernmost point at Cape Agulhas – we can't do much more on the way to Cape Town without a great rush in the weeks we have left.

We're realizing again how different this country is from most other African countries.

In many places, there's hardly any difference to Europe. Elsewhere, you see poverty, a lack of infrastructure, garbage, and idle people. The contrast between "white" South Africa, or the Indian region around Durban, and "black" South Africa is so stark. So few areas are found where prosperity blends.

On our trip, we were often told that South Africa is the most dangerous country on the continent – except, of course, for the countries where wars are being waged. Our experiences in 2016/2017 were different, and even last year we never felt unsafe anywhere. But now, for the first time, we have been seriously warned by various sources against driving through the city of Mthatha. And we hear from (white) South Africans that many young people are leaving the country because they see few opportunities for a positive future. This fits with what we learned in passing about an investigation into highly corrupt ties between the police, politics, and the "underworld." And Deon Meyer's crime novels also fit this picture.