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Cape Town Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cape Town, South Africa
The last continent!
... are going to Robben Island today where Nelson Mandela was kept captive should be interesting then off to the Best Steakhouse in South AFrica for dinner, hard life this travelling. Incase we don't get an opportunity before may we take this opportunity ...
Closing Thoughts
... before visiting it, images of famine, disease and violence sprung to my mind. That is no longer the case. Today, I see Africa as an incredibly beautiful and fertile land with the potential to be prosperous. The less used nickname of 'The Greenest ...
Something's changed..
... needing to call SANCCOB, I keep meaning to and then other things distract me! I said in the last entry that Cape Town and South Africa had changed.. I've realised now that that's not actually true. The place is the same, hasn't changed ...
Robben Island, Garden Route etc
... for a swim but weather had turned chilly and we didn't stop there long. So we jumped in the car and started heading back to Cape Town. This is when our little purple motor decided to break down, wicked. There I am on the side on the road blankly staring ...
The bottom of Africa
... like we saw two different Africas. Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia (TMZ) is more of a subsistence farming while Namibia and South Africa (NS) is commercial farming. In TMZ they are trying to balance their traditional way of life with modern ...
Bijna vakantie!!
Hoi lieve lezers ( hahaha ) Nog maar 3 uurtjes school morgen en dan heb ik twee weken vakantie! Omdat ik dan twee weken niet veel op internet kan zal ik nu maar een verhaaltje schrijven met wat foto's van school. Deze week was een hectische week, ...
Stopover before Africa Crossing
... lovely pass roads behind me. I did what I could do and thanks to wonderful sunshine it was perfect. Finally arrival to Cape Town. Check Up with informations, especially about Malaria for the Africa Crossing and some days rest and sight seeing. My warm up ...
First week at St Cyp's
Well I have successfully completed my first week at St Cyp's!! Sheesh it's gone so quickly!! All the days run into one another, mostly cos it feels like I've had no sleep whatsoever... this morning I had to wake the junior dorms for first time at 6:45 ...
Aussies + Cape Point
... . We rolled ourselves home and that was that. Today Liisi and I helped on the first day of Yr 9 camp, which was a 10km hike at Cape Point nature reserve. We didn't get to the Point (the most southern point), but all the same, we drove through a pack of ...
Khayelitsha Township
... prejudged. Khayelitsha is a township of two million people in the sprawling Cape Flats area east of Cape Town. Jenny, our tour guide, is a white English South African (as opposed to Boer white) who has been working with people of the Nomvuyo ...