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Going Home!!!!

A travel blog entry by house_mouse

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... his face so I offered to show him a letter and boat papers to prove I had been on board a boat. He didn’t need them and I tell you when that stamp made contact with my passport I took it and moved off immediately to avoid any further questioning. HOME FREE! That moment was one of the highlighted moments of my trip. I can’t explain the feeling that rushed through me when I 100% knew I was going home and was going to see my family and friends again. I said a ...

The Battle Between Mind and Mouth

A travel blog entry by marielbird

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... to sweat.

“Hello, class,” I say attempting to smile. I’m sure it looks more like a grimace. They look at me with smirks. They can tell I’m a fraud.

And then, with one last glance at my computer we are off, discussing the fundamental elements of the writing process and techniques which they can use to teach the process to their future students. My students – I have students now! – are writing and ...

Buy a Donkey, Afrika

A travel blog entry by suemckee

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... had all had to put money in for the kitty. This covered camping fees, food etc. At one point in the trip Johan was a bit worried that the kitty was getting depleted too quickly (he reckons we were all big eaters on this trip). So he was relieved today to be able to hand us all back some of the kitty - a whole 20 Rand each - equivalent to around $4.
Once we were out of the mountains our journey became easier and all too soon we were at the airport for ...

SA Hunting Expedition

A travel blog entry by jlemasur

... approved of this, not nearly as much as the museum at least lol. The pretty much consisted of: copious amounts of hard liqueur, beer, chips, mounds and mounds of meat and of course, large caliber rifles lol. We drove an hour out of town to a game reserve that at one time of its life would have been gorgeous but has now gone to ****. The Afrikaans hunters that we were with blamed the current family…a black one. Over the past few years the government ...

My Camera finally arrives & Good-bye Braai

A travel blog entry by jlemasur

... is the parsley garnishing the steaks or the apples in the pigs mouths. Lol. When we got back to the house we found the girls already preparing dinner and Anne was making a hot wine called Gluwhein, which apparently is like mulled wine. Was pretty good but would be even better in the middle of winter in a hot tub. Saeed was braai master tonight and did a great job, a perfect last meal before the unknowns of ...

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