This summer I traveled to South Africa to take part in an astronomy conference in the Kruger National Park. South Africa has a strong background in astronomy and is home to many world leading telescopes, including the new MEERKAT radio telescope. My PhD supervisor used to be based in South Africa before he moved to Scotland, and he is still heavily involved with many of the projects and has lots of contacts there. The aim of the conference was to plan projects that compare MEERKAT data with models of galaxy evolution. During my visit I presented some of my work at the conference and met with other researchers. I also spent an extra week in Cape Town, where I visited the astronomy departments and worked on collaborations for our ongoing astronomy projects. I also got to see some of Cape Town and had some fun hiking with friends!