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  1. Almost Like Home

    Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 8 November 2009

    Ahhhh, home.  Well, sort of.  We arrived in Capetown a few days ago, the end of our African adventure.  Insofar as it is an international city, this is as close to home as we’re going to get.  And we have been eating it up, literally.  Sushi, Thai food, good (read: NOT instant) coffee.  It’s all [...]

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  2. Lady in Town

    Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009

    I thought that five days would be more than enough to see Cape Town. I was wrong. There was so much to do and see in the city and along the cape that my boyfriend and I easily filled five days and could have spent another five.

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  3. Ten things to do in Cape Town

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 20 October 2009

    Cape Town ranks (on my list) as one of the world’s most spectacularly situated cities, alongside Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, San Francisco and Sydney. Its location, fronting an impressive bay and backed by the magnificent Table Mountain, is simply stunning. I’ve listed below ten things you shouldn’t miss if it’s your first visit to this [...]

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  4. Trip Advice for South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, and Botswana

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 September 2009

    We saw elephants, rhinos, hippos, leopards, cheetahs, and the rest. The lions eluded usBuy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)

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  5. False Advertising (a short one)

    Blog: Africa Attraction - 17 September 2009

    Contrary to the city’s name, not many people wear capes in Cape Town, which is disappointing. I didn’t have time to enquire why because: one, people would clock me for an idiot straight away (I like to pretend I’m not for as long as possible); and two, I only had enough time in Cape Town to get the bus to my hostel on Long Street, shower, eat zebra and chips, and go clubbing with a gaggle of tall Swedes on their gap year.

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  6. Khayelitsha – uMlungu in a Towship

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 September 2009

    I recently came across A Traveler’s Library, the new blog by award-winning writer Vera Marie Badertscher.  Before I knew it, I was drafting a guest post for her about an insightful book I read in South Africa last year, Khayelitsha – uMlungu in a Township by Steven Otter. Please head on over to Vera’s virtual travel [...]

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  7. World Wildlife Wednesday: Simon’s Town South Africa

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 September 2009

    If you are anything like us, we are suckers for Penguins. They are simply the cutest little things and we can watch them for hours waddle and swim. The Simon's Town Penguins are known as the African Penguin or the Jackass Penguin on account of the braying sound that they make. Numbers are slowly coming back thanks to conservation efforts

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  8. A Kaleidoscope of Colour

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 7 July 2009

    Imagine thick blankets made of billions of flowers laid over the mountain slopes and valleys that stretch till the horizon, with an astounding spectrum of colours. Experience this magnificent natural phenomenon in South Africa during the explosion of spring blooms in the region that encompasses the Western and Northern Cape provinces. If you’re in Cape Town [...]

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  9. The marine life of the Western Cape

    Blog: velvet escape's blog - 22 June 2009

    The Western Cape of South Africa is a popular region in the spring/summer seasons to watch whales and other marine life in their natural environs. Hermanus, about a two-hour drive east of Cape Town and close to the southernmost tip of the African continent, is a great place to start for whale-watching activities but there [...]

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  10. Wine, Cheese and Seafood and Sights in Cape Town, South Africa

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 18 May 2008

    When we arrived in Cape Town last Saturday, it was cold and rainy. It stayed that way for 4 days, but suddenly, the mist dispersed and Table Mountain was revealed. I had read and heard that Cape Town is the most beautiful city in the world and now I see why.

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  11. We Cycled the Continent of Africa.

    Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 May 2008

    120 Days and it is over, just like that. How do you sum up the most challenging experience of your life on one short blog?

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