The Stables Lodge Stellenbosch
85 Jonkershoek Road Stellenbosch, Western Cape, 7600, South Africa
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Don´t drink and drive bicycle
... back to Stellenbosch to enjoy that wine with an easy but good dinner. If you are interested of winetasting, take the advantage of going by your own without any timetable of a organised tour. It´s cheaper and more relaxed. And from Stellenbosch it is definitely not a far way as south africans may believe. ...
Two Girls and a Goat
... and we even saw several of the male students walking around in their striped school jackets looking like they could have stepped out of Oxford or Cambridge. South Africa is a fascinating mix of Afrikaaner, Dutch, British and other cultures all melded together. You definitely still get that British Imperialism vibe though in many places and this was one of them. Add to this a spectacular mountain background and you have town which could be a film set. Even the ...
Robben Island to Stellenbosch
... colour and affected your food rations, the number of letters you were permitted to write a year, your daily tasks.
The island seems to have been host to grim and sad circumstance since as far back as the 1600s. Lepers were sent here to die and the mentally insane were housed here as a 'safe haven' more to protect society from the horrors of mental illness in the 16 and 1700s than to help rehabilitate or help them. Military, criminal and political prisoners have ...
So long Africa
... rappers.
7 - Zanzibar escapades - driving all over the island looking for accommodation, then running out of money and having to beg for a Fanta at the bar after being driven out of our room by the giant cockroaches, $80 a night and we had to use the public toilets as the roaches were blocking the way.
8 - Hilarious antics at Kwantu game reserve, so many bizarre characters and who knew chopping trees was so much fun?!
9 - The bizarre ...
And I would give the world to you...
... then buckled down to do my work, taking a few breaks for things such as taking a long scenic walk, going to get coffee, and doing a favor for a friend. (hey, I don’t want my memories of my last few weeks here to be just of doing work and studying!) The favor was to pick up a cake at a bakery in town, for a birthday party the following day. Well, when Lola and I picked up the cake, we noticed that the frosting was pretty much liquid, with ...



