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A quick tour of South Africa plus pix
(Oct '06)
This South African Explorer was a bit of an experiment, but having really enjoyed the coach trip in the middle of my New Zealand adventure, I was sure that an escorted tour was the best way that a ...
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Cape Town
(Jan 25 '07)
Cape Town is of the most scenic cities I've ever been to. The backdrop of Table Mountain and the surrounding ocean encourages constant picture taking! On our first full day here we took it easy on ...
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We arrived in Cape Town at about 7 am after and 11 hour flight from Heathrow. I had got quite a lot of sleep on the plane so was raring to go - also only being two hours time difference ...
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After four days of miserable weather, Friday 16th - Youth Day was a glorious Cape winter day. The previous weekend two local hikers had spent ...
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Hiking adventures on Table Mountain
(Aug 25 '06)
"One of the most breathtaking mountain ascents in the world - India Venster."
Published in the Weekend Argus Travel supplement 12/13 August
Cape Town is a popular tourist destination, and on top of ...
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The weather forecast predicted high temperatures but with most of the route being in the shade and me needing a tough walk in preparation for Valley of the Flying Ants, we ...
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Hiking for the faint hearted on Spring Buttress
(May 14 '06)
"Squeezing through the Fat Lady’s Crack"
Sunday 14 January 2007
After an evening of listening and watching the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 performed at the Cape ...
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It’s rare for me to join an MCSA weekend hike but seeing that it was a new route I took a chance and emailed the leader hoping to join them and ...
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CUPS & SAUCERS and WYNBERG RIDGE
TCSA members: Phillip Williams, Diane de Villiers, Vasco de Gouveia, Margarethe Schaefer
TCSA & Meridian: Mare Ascott, ...
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(Ronnie's Story) Nick, his entire family and I did a tour of the largest, single township in South Africa- Khayelitsha. Our tour guide, Jenny, is a white ...
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Recent Blogs for Cape Town
Great Whites, Ostriches and The Kingdom in The Sky
(Feb 28 '07)
"And with one massive ostrich head but, it’s all over, I´m another forgotten victim of wild Africa"
I love peering down as I fly over a new country. I take mental notes of the mountains, gorges and ...
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Week Two in Cape Town
(Mar 24 '08)
Time certainly moves slower in South Africa. It seems we've done more in the last week than each of us have in the last year.
If my memory serves me correctly, last week's highlight was a trip to ...
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Cape Town - Week 1
(Mar 08 '08)
We got an early start on the morning of the 8th so that we could make it over to our new digs at the Cross Cultural Solutions Volunteer House. We are living with 30 volunteers from the UK, Canada and ...
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