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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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A Visit to the People who Click
Blog: Travelicious - 7 November 2009
It was raining and the sky was hanging low and grey over our heads, we were on our way to Bulungula; a community run place by the ocean on the wild coast. It is deep in the Xhosa homeland, and the roads are somewhere in between horrible and non-existent – the first part of the way down to the coast is gravel roads, which you do in your own car, be warned, it’s not easy driving, especially after rain. You park your car about an hour away from this place and they come and pick you up in a sturdy 4x4, something we discovered was very much needed.
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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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Strange Sites Cycling Africa
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 6 November 2009
We saw some crazy things when we were in Africa. What do you expect when you are cycling through some of the most remote regions on the planet. Here is a list of what we found to be some of the most surreal, strange and odd sites in Africa.
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Notes from South Africa
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 30 October 2009
Oct 11 We drove into Kruger National Park in our teeny tiny rented Volkswagan Chico – manual transmission, no power steering, no power anything, no air-con, nothing. (We did have a radio, which seemed to play the same eight songs over and over again, including, among others, Hot’n'Cold, Rosanna, Electric Avenue, and that Lady GaGa [...]
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The Trail of Hope: A Motorcycle Journey Helping Children
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 27 October 2009
Today's post comes from activist Tendai Sean Joe founder of the Trail of Hope Foundation. In the coming months, Tendai is planning a motorcycle tour Starting in South Africa and ending in Europe where he will be raising awareness about the plight of children around the world. Last year, Dave and I cycled from Cairo to Cape Town where we rode for Plan Canada; another charity that focuses on helping children live a better life.
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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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What’s Hot. What’s Not
Blog: Africa Attraction - 11 October 2009
If this posting was really about what was hot, then I’d be writing about the three of us, sat in the middle of Zambia, in our pants, sweating a lot. But no one wants that. No, in this instance what I mean by ‘hot’, is useful. And by ‘useful’, I mean things that have benefitted our journey thus far. I’m sure any seasoned Africa traveller – if there is such a thing – will snort derisively at me stating the obvious, but I’d certainly like to have known some of the below before setting off on my jaunt, so I’m assuming similarly clueless Africa virgins would as well.
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Book review & Giveaway of Clean Breaks by Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith
Blog: Heather on her travels - 6 October 2009
If you’ve ever travelled yet felt you didn’t quite get the best out of a place, then Clean Breaks, by Richard Hammond and Jeremy Smith, will open your eyes to a different way to travel. This book’s for anyone who had a packaged holiday experience or spent a long weekend ticking off the ‘must-see’ sights, only to [...]
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Botswana by Numbers
Blog: Africa Attraction - 5 October 2009
Day 13 27.09.09 Kimberley-Gaborone (N12, N18, R503, A1)Accommodation: Mokolodi Campsite (P75 per person)Distance travelled: 352 miles
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South Africa by Numbers
Blog: Africa Attraction - 5 October 2009
Day 5 20.09.09Keetmanshoop (Namibia)-Springbok (B1, N7)*Accommodation: Springbok Caravan Park (R100; camping for three people and a car)Day 6 21.09.09Springbok-Stellanbosch (N7, R304)*Accommodation: Stumble Inn (R90; three people camping)Day 7 22.09.09Stellanbosch (rest day)Day 8 23.09.09Stellanbosch-Cape Town (R304, N2, M3)*Accommodation: The hospitality of the Cordles (Free. Hurrah!)Day 9 24.09.09Cape Town (rest day)
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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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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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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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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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Giving Back, Support Local Art and Help Communities Thrive
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 11 August 2009
Ngwenya Glass is a great example of how one can help people in poor countries learn a new skill and contribute to poverty alleviation whilst embedding in them a greater awareness of the environment. I've visited many eco community projects around the world but the Ngwenya Glass story is one that I found particularly inspiring, probably because I'm a big fan of projects that stimulate and promote local arts and crafts. I have yet to make the trip to the factory in Swaziland though it remains at the top of my list of things to do on my next trip to South Africa. I can't wait!
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It's a jungle out there
Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 23 July 2009
This is Limpo the Elephant. See that nasty kink in his rear left leg?
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The Art of Waiting
Blog: The Saturation Point of Bells - 20 July 2009
On the plane to Africa, I read the following in Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Shadow of the Sun (Penguin (Australia) 2008):"Therefore the African who boards a bus sits down in a vacant seat, and immediately falls into a state in which he spends a great portion of his life: a benumbed waiting."Well, I thought, I can dig it. Sounds exactly waiting for the train at Richmond station, back in the day, when I had an office to go to.Kapuscinski goes on:
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On Safari in the game reserves of South Africa
Blog: Heather on her travels - 9 July 2009
My guest post today is for lovers of wildlife and the great outdoors who dream of a safari in Africa. Ker & Downey, the luxury holiday company for exotic locations, offer their advice on the best game parks to visit in South Africa. Many of us dream of taking that once in a lifetime vacation to Africa, to [...]
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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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Are you traveling to Africa?
Blog: The 4 Season Travel Blog - 30 June 2009
If you are traveling to Africa and want to share your experiences with friends, family and the world, I have something you should check out: TheAfricaTravelBlog.com is a new website, created specifically for Africa Travelers.
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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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Favorite Food From Traveling the World, So Far
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 June 2009
One of the best things about traveling is food. Dave and I seem to plan our days around our meals. We wake up in the morning and while we are eating our breakfast, we discuss what we are going to have and where we are going to go for dinner. We love food. Food makes us happy. And when we discover new and delicious food, well, we are in heaven.
