Destination: South Africa

South Africa, Plettenberg Bay

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 | By thaismontanari | Views [425] | Comments [1]

How to start? Well, it's now been slightly over two months that I arrived in South Africa and although I had been planning on writing a blog just as soon as I'd started travelling, I never got around to it. Somewhere I do not have anything of interest ... Read more >

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African Thoughts - Alicia

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [947]

After three months travelling through Africa, I've turned 3 shades darker, grown accustomed to braids and I'm surprisingly not sick of spending 24/7 with Rich. I still feel like I haven't seen very much of the continent though, but what I have seen ... Read more >

My African Experience - Rich

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [730]

The sheer size of Africa is unlike anything I'd seen before. Despite spending three full months there, we only managed to see seven of the 47 countries it encompasses. Not only that, but we really only saw tiny areas of those seven. Does that mean I ... Read more >

Aparteid Museum

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [1613]

Firstly take note: Johannesburg is an absolute hole and unless (like us) you fly to/from there on a trip to S. Africa, or (like us) you want to visit the Aparteid Museum, don't ever bother to go there. After picking up some knowledge on Aparteid from ... Read more >

Gallery: Johannesburg

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cape Town - Table Mountain

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Cape Town - Table Mountain

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [919]

Despite being probably the most famous, Table Mountain is the last one left on our list of places to visit in Cape Town. This is actually down to weather rather than planning. So often there is a blanket of cloud covering the top of the mountain (popularly ... Read more >

It Couldn't Be That Easy...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By trudygeard | Views [556]

I'm finally back in Australia, have just flown into Sydney, but this journal is coming from how I was feeling in South Africa seeing as I couldn't find any internet access when I was there!  Yes, I flew through South Africa and not Bangkok!  Funny how ... Read more >

Cape Town - Robben Island

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [1714] | Comments [1]

Robben Island is a 30 minute ferry ride from the port in Cape Town and the journey reminds me a lot of the ferry ride from Dar es Salam to Zanzibar - just minus the roaches! As soon as we arrive, everyone from the ferry is loaded on to buses and we ... Read more >

Gallery: Cape Town - Townships and Robben Island

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Cape of Good Hope

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 | By rich | Photo Gallery

Cape Town Townships - See how they live

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [1684] | Comments [1]

District Six was a vibrant, multicultural community located within Cape Town. It was an area in which Cape-colored (mixed race), black, white, and Indian people lived. Locals described it as a lively community where people of all races interacted with ... Read more >

The End of the Road

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [547]

The weather in and around Cape Town is a bizarre phenomenon. You can be sitting outside a cafe in the centre of town enjoying a perfect blue sky, yet within a short drive to the other side of Table Mountain and down the peninsula, the weather will have ... Read more >

Gallery: New bike

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Cape Town - Colonial Penguins

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 | By rich | Views [3212]

Another trip out in the car and this time we go south along the peninsula towards a place called Simon's Town and the nearby Boulders Beach, where there's a Penguin Colony. On a nice day, you're allowed to go down to the beach with the penguins but unfortunately ... Read more >