The Chapman Manor House Port Elizabeth

... their friends left the following morning. drank something called SowRum, or something like that: it was 80% alcohol and was the most horrific thing ever to enter my mouth. Today i went into school for the first time, because we were too hungover the yesterday, and it was the best experience of my life. These kids are just so happy and generally so cute and friendly. All they want to do is come over and talk to the white boys and ...

... are turned to see the cablecar zooming smoothly towards the huge looming rocks of Table Mountain. It reminded me of our of those amazing visual panaroma sweeps you see in the movies. When it appeared that we would plow right into the mountainside, we smoothly docked with the upper cable station and entered the top of the Table. Table Mountain is an interesting visit for quite a few reasons. First of all, it's got its own set of unique flora and ...

... man she referred to simply as "The General". Apparently he was in the apartheid era South African government. When the changes came, he wrote a book - the REAL story about Nelson Mandela. When it was discovered by the authorities that he was writing this book, he was put into a hospital and slowly killed, according to Monica. I would be very curious to know what The General had to say about Mandela. Obviously it would not be as flattering as what we are used to ...

... the government to promote AIDS awareness. It's nice to see that they are making actions to provides awareness and information to people. The more fun stop on the walking tour was Green Market Square. This is a huge craft market in downtown Cape Town with row upon row of peole trying to sell their wares. People were a little pushy here in trying to get you to look at their stuff, but overall it wasn't too bad. It ...

... us to a bar as well on the Sunday night which was not only an awesome bar overlooking the ocean with a really cool vibe but also the night we arrived was a lingerie show featuring some of the local FHM high street honeys (oh and a couple of guys in pants so at least Carlie was happy). The next day he took us on a tour of the local game park. This was going well until we got into the cheater enclosure at which point the middle of his exhaust ...

Hallo, Suedafrika. Ich bin wieder da. Die Sonne scheint, mein Mietwagen ist groesser als gebucht - ab die Post nach Upington (ca. 900 km) So war mein Plan. Da hatte ich mich und die Strassen von Suedafrika ueberschaetzt ;) Nachdem Augen sehr muede wurden, ich mich desoefteren auf der rechten (falschen) Strassenseite wiederfand entschied ich mich halt auf einer ...

... philosophy on picking the clients that in some way benefit the community or have an amazing cause. Also the range of clients go from one end of the universe to the other. Martial arts experts, comedians, Africa Aids Centre, Natural and Organic product exhibition, to my new favorite? Rocking the Daises festival. The 3-day festival is hosting South Africa's biggest bands and they are doing the entire festival Green! They are going to measure the entire site before and after and total ...

... deal of space in the front yard. As we walked, Neo taught us how to shake hands, with a clasp like you would use in a handshake, followed by connecting the thumbs so that each of your four fingers are free to snap, and then each twists his thumb and forefinger against the other one so that the four fingers create a second snap. We talked about his school and what subjects he has (students in the townships take a life orientation class, in which they learn about ...

Just arrived in Jikeleza Hostel in Port Elizabeth (PE) with an early 5am start tomorrow morning to fly first to Jo'Burg and then across to Windhoek in Namibia where the adventure will really begin! Visiting the townships in Knysna yesterday morning was pretty eye-opening and really glad to see the other side of South African life. We toured around a workshop for disabled people helping to help ...

... t supposed to get out of your car. I found this very hard to believe with his big floppy winglike ears and long flirty eyelashes. Unlike any elephants I have seen in the zoo, these ones were cleaner and healthier looking with a certain energetic spark in their eyes. I got some class pics as they seemed to almost pose for me before retreating into the bushes once again. Sharks - check. Lions - check. Elephants - check. Sometimes I feel like I am on a treasure hunt...