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My Last Day in Africa

A travel blog entry by eddim

... about, the years of race classification, the 150 acts of apartheid, detentions, and the oppression of the nationalist regime. The final section was all about the rise of the black consciousness, the armed struggle and the freeing of Nelson Mandela after 27 years in prison which in term lead to the final negotiations of peace and the end of apartheid.

I’m so glad I went to the museum as I had been bothered about what ...

The Garden route

A travel blog entry by thisispain

... to Broughmans Bridge which is the site of the tallest commercial bungee jump in the world. A combination of cost, having jumped in Vic falls two weeks earlier and being the only one thinking about it, I decided to give the bungee a miss. I guess there is also the fact that the bridge is bloody high. The campsite in Tsitsikamma looked like it would be a backpacker’s hot spot in the high season, but was quiet for us travelling in the middle ...

Two more sleeps... and too excited to sleep...

A travel blog entry by maughin

So my bag is packed... my flying outfit set aside.. and my final list of to do's written.. turn off the geyser, take the rubbish out, tell my neighbours to collect my post, pull out all my plugs.. the exciting list continues.. and the waiting game begins!

I am too excited to sleep.. too excited to breathe, yet have mountains of status documents I need to focus on to hand over to my ...

The beginning of Part Two

A travel blog entry by tobequitefrank

... and things are (obviously) instantly different - being one of, if not the most, developed cities in the continent, Johannesburg opens up into a spacious and sprawling metropolis with large open freeways. The drive away from the airport was smooth (I'd forgotten what it felt like to drive in a pothole-less road) and, after discovering I'd been transferred to the rather prestigious Holiday Inn, I was in the hotel, checked-in and lying on a wonderful ...

USA, USA!

A travel blog entry by oneyearaway

... He loves the lifestyle, the weather and the culture. He had family from Chicago visiting, all dressed in US colors.

We were mostly through our dinners and well into our second beers when the game began. The U. S. soccer team has a frightful tendency to get off to bad starts at major tournaments. This World Cup was no exception. Only four minutes into the match, midfielder Ricardo Clark let an ...