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20 Best Travel Tips - Cape Town
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 14 September 2011
1.Cape Town has a Mediterranean climate. Hot in summer and wet in winter. Average summer temperatures are around 20'C and winter temperatures average around 15'C. Daytime temperatures are warm to hot. Winter rainfall is around nine days a month. Summer days are usually dry.
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Rock pile in Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 4 September 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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South Africa – Under a blood red sky with U2
Blog: Kampala Days (Diary of a Mzungu) - 3 September 2011
U2′s ‘Beautiful Day’ will forever remind me of a great ten days in Johannesburg this February, with a great friend and her beautiful daughter, and something deeper – retracing my political and musical roots. Thank you Holly! For the trip, for the friendship and for being a part of my VSO journey. I’d watched excitedly [...]
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The Cape of Good Hope in Cape Point, South Africa
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 29 August 2011
Originally posted on the Everything Everywhere Travel Blog. Discover great travel photos.
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Cape Town 411
Blog: The Adventures of D - 26 August 2011
This post is brought to you in partnership with MyDestination and written by Harriet Chubb. Cape Town is the third largest city in South Africa. With its vibrant, colorful and adventure-filled atmosphere, it’s easy to see how many people’s travels to Cape Town turn from a few whirlwind days into a couple of exploratory weeks. A [...]
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Road trips South Africa - N2
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 25 August 2011
Aloe growing on the side of the road South Africa Most of the guests who stay at our guest house hire a car. I thought I would do a blog about the roads and road safety in South Africa.
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south africa: the low-down
Blog: The Road Forks - 17 August 2011
south africa: the low-down August 17, 2011 a wrap up
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Garden Route South Africa and getting about
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 17 August 2011
Garden Route steps leading to beach The Garden Route is a popular holiday and retirement destination. Coming from Cape Town, it begins around Albertinia which is a tiny and not too exciting place.
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weekly photo: penguins at boulders
Blog: The Road Forks - 12 August 2011
penguins at boulders August 12, 2011 on the cape drive
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lunch at la colombe
Blog: The Road Forks - 11 August 2011
lunch at la colombe August 12, 2011 at constantia uitsig
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Garden Route South Africa - Wilderness
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 11 August 2011
Forest walk I mentioned in the last few posts that I spent a week in the Garden Route. We took a day trip to Wilderness twice. The first time we took a relaxed approach.
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views from table mountain
Blog: The Road Forks - 9 August 2011
views from table mountain August 9, 2011 in cape town
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the ethics of shark diving
Blog: The Road Forks - 8 August 2011
the ethics of shark diving August 8, 2011 in gansbaii
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Garden Route South Africa - Sedgefield
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 4 August 2011
Beach bar and backpackers in Sedgefield I spent a week in Sedgefield when I went to the Garden Route recently. The Garden Route is a magnificent area on the south eastern coast of South Africa.
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in the trees at tsitsikamma
Blog: The Road Forks - 4 August 2011
in the trees at tsitsikamma August 4, 2011 on the garden route
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Working Animals, Conservation & Microfinance
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 27 July 2011
In this post Kiva Fellow Tim Young considers two successful examples of organisations working with local communities to improve the livelihoods of working animals and their wild cousins, and considers how microfinance could be used to help finance, support and further these efforts.
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Garden Route South Africa - Knysna
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 26 July 2011
Knysna Heads in the background I just spent a week in the Garden Route. The reason I went down, or up, depending on which way you look at it, was to run the Knysna Half Marathon. It's one of the nicest races in South Africa.
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Accommodation and Nightlife in Cape Town
Blog: Pommie Travels - 23 July 2011
South Africa’s second most populated city and Africa’s first European settlement, Cape Town is known for its great nightlife, multicultural heritage and famous landmarks such as breath-taking Table Mountain, incredible Cape Point and the romantic and historical harbour.
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Video Journal: The Most Exciting Thing to Do in Richards Bay, South Africa
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 20 July 2011
By Daniel Jung, KF15, South Africa Oh, the excitement I felt once I confirmed my Kiva Fellowship for South Africa, one of the world’s great travel destinations. Where would I be based? In Cape Town, under the shadow of Table Mountain? In Johannesburg, South Africa's hub of business and culture? South African wine country? Not exactly. I am most definitely, positively not near one of South Africa's main travel destinations. Instead, I am in Richards Bay.
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Spa break in Cape Town
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 12 July 2011
5 Mountains Spa bed My other half and I are partial to spa breaks. During winter, there are bargains to be had in Cape Town.
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kirstenbosch gardens
Blog: The Road Forks - 11 July 2011
kirstenbosch gardens July 11, 2011 blooming colors
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Update from the Field: Dangerous Streets, New Vocabulary + A Senegalese Spring
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 July 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF15, Togo This week, the Kiva fellows invite you to accompany them across Africa and South and Central America: Take a walk in the streets of San Salvador. Improve your language skills by adding a few words in three of South Africa's most widely spoken languages to your vocabulary. Look poverty in the face in Cameroon. Continue by learning more about the latest riots in Senegal. Find out how money helps to provide dignity in Ecuador. And finish by learning about the importance of family unity in El Salvador.
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Southern Africa road trip part 10 - final
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 6 July 2011
The road from Zimbabwe to Zambia As a South African, Zimbabwe is our neighbour. We have millions, yes millions, of displaced Zimbabweans trying to make a living in South Africa.
