South Africa

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler World Is My Oyster

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   Arrival In Johannesburg

   Johannesburg, South Africa | Oct 19 '06 | Reviews: 0

   After a quick flight (14 hours) from JFK, we arrived to find a loud thunder storm.  As the Hostel owner said "you're lucky to be here for the... Continue reading »

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   Soweto Township

   Johannesburg, South Africa | Oct 21 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Our day began with a visit to the Apartied Museum.  After catching a taxi there with Brenda and Pascal from Australia, we entered into a power... Continue reading »

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   The Kingdom of Swaziland

   Manzini, Swaziland | Oct 22 '06 | Reviews: 0

   We LOVE Swaziland!!  If we didn't have our hearts set on seeing other places we would have definitely extended our stay here.

   Tovah and... Continue reading »

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   Saint Lucia

   Saint Lucia, South Africa | Oct 25 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Please note, pictures will come once I find a computer which will upload them, chances are it will be in Cape Town, around Nov.11. But we have got... Continue reading »

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   Durban

   Durban, South Africa | Oct 28 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Tovah and I only stopped in Durban for the night since it is a mandatory stop on the Baz Bus.  Besides not be interested in seeing big cities as... Continue reading »
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   Port St Johns

   Port St Johns, South Africa | Oct 29 '06 | Reviews: 0

   The whole time Tovah and I were in Port St Johns it rained, except for about 5 hours one day and so we decided to go for a hike.  One of the g... Continue reading »

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   Cintsa: Room with a view and animals

   Cintsa, South Africa | Oct 31 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Cintsa is a small town on the eastern cape, and when I say small I mean it has a convenience store which is a 20 minutes walk from the one bac... Continue reading »

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   Port Elizabeth (aka P.E.)

   Port Elizabeth, South Africa | Nov 03 '06 | Reviews: 0

   Well, there is not much to report on Port Elizabeth (P.E.) as we arrived at 11:00 pm and left at 6:45 am.  Aside from the lovely hostel owner... Continue reading »

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   Jeffreys Bay (aka J-Bay)

   Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa | Nov 04 '06 | Reviews: 0

   The second Tovah and I arrived at our amazing hostel, Ubuntu Backpackers, we decided to make our stay in J-Bay 2 days instead of 1.  The... Continue reading »

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    Knysna

    Knysna, South Africa | Nov 06 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Tovah and I headed straight to the tourist information center after dropping our stuff at the hostel.  There we asked about how we could get t... Continue reading »

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    Hermanus

    Hermanus, South Africa | Nov 07 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Once again Tovah and I decided to extend our stay in Hermanus after getting a good vibe from the hostel, Hermanus Backpackers (we arrived at night... Continue reading »

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    Stellenbosch: Wine Country

    Stellenbosch, South Africa | Nov 09 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We got into Stellenbosch at night and planned to have only 1 day there, leaving on the Baz Bus the next morning.  Stellenbosch is a college to... Continue reading »

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    Cape Town

    Cape Town, South Africa | Nov 10 '06 | Reviews: 0

    Wendy and I (Tovah) arrived in Cape Town late to discover that our Hostel, the Ashanti (which had come highly recommended), was more like a&nb... Continue reading »

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    Cape Town: Table Mountain

    Cape Town, South Africa | Nov 12 '06 | Reviews: 0

    After an early start moving hostels, Tovah, Charlotte, Kirsten, and I began the 45 minute walk from town to Table Mountain.  In retrospect, it... Continue reading »

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    Cape Town: Cape Point

    Cape Town, South Africa | Nov 14 '06 | Reviews: 0

    We meet Brenda and Pascal at 7:30am. We spent all day with them, laughing and stopping at various light houses and functional harbors.  From t... Continue reading »

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