Southern Sun Newlands
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A SHORT ESCAPE TO THE MOTHER CITY
With a day long seminar and exam the next morning, I could find no reason whatsoever to not treat myself to a little bit of leisure in the beautiful city of Cape Town. Time being of the essence, I did what anyone would do.... set foot on one of the Wonders of the World and off course after all the hype about how dangerous the townships in Cape Town …
Day 3, Cape Town
... when we returned to the car after the castle and paid the wrong block R6, the bloke who was due the money got into a real barny with the other, we drove off. Diner at the Brass Bell was lovely and again cheap R1200 for all off us including drinks, that is R200 or $24 each..bottle of wine, 6x 500ml beers, 4 coffees and one desert. A very rustic establishment over hanging the ...
Cape Town, South Africa!
... metal shacks. However, when we breached the walls (metaphorically) of the township, a whole other world was revealed.
The townships quite literally work as their own productive units. There are schools, shopping stalls, and tons of people. In Cape Town, literally half of the population lives in these townships, that is two million people. However, they are most certainly slums and in that sense are most certainly destitute. Despite ...
Madagascar....the Final Chapter
... it. Just when Madagascar has you scrabbling over a massive hill through the scrub in 32 degree heat trying to find the right path she throws you a curve ball to remind you what a spectacular place this really is.
Our final field survey station was back on the mainland in a much bigger village, I mean there were maybe 100 people there instead of the 25 in the village where we camped in Nosy Valiha, and we made camp next to the mangrove channel. This is where we ...
Can Someone Please Just Clear the Table?!?
... minorities after the apartheid government declared the district to be a “white-only zone”. In the center of the museum on the floor is a huge map that shows the streets of the old neighborhood. The staff members, most of whom were subject to the forced relocations, have written their family names on the coordinates of the street map where they used to live. We walked around the perimeter of the museum, reading countless stories told by former residents of ...
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