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Waking on Saturday morning, on the veranda of Agtertafelberg hut with Elandspad below and surrounded by mountains, I wondered why I don’t come here more often. ...
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Hiking down the length of Elandspad
(Mar 11 '07)
"Good for making fires but hopeless at boulder-hopping"
The warning bells were ringing when
Rob and Richard voiced doubts about doing the trip in one day. Another warning was
when we climbed the steep ...
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Homophobia, the Sequel
(Oct 23 '06)
It was about two years ago in Switzerland that I last felt these hauntingly familiar feelings of homophobia. Cary Frydman and I had scurried ourselves away into the Swiss Alps to a little cozy lodge ...
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Wine tasting around the cape
(Oct 18 '06)
"It was extremely smooth and creamy and they had some creative flavors mixed in including some with red pepper."
The Winelands Tour
(Jan 04 '07)
"we could just feel those waistbands starting to fit a little snugger again"
Winelands Tour of South Africa
January 4 – 10th, 2007
The Winelands are an easy and scenic few hours drive away from ...
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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 town, a very beautiful ...
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A wonderful finale to wine country!
(Apr 22 '07)
Our final day in the winelands, we hit Backsberg (one of the few totally "green" wineries in the world) as well as a great cheese farm which made the makings of a perfect picnic lunch. For our final ...
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Wine Country
(Jan 09 '08)
Spent a couple of days in South African wine country, sampling from the multitude of labels and vintages on pour. Apparently you're supposed to spit out part of the sample that's provided at each ...
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One of Niamh's dreams come true
(Nov 29 '06)
"It just so happens that cheetahs are Niamh's favourite animal in the whole world."
Derek and Kelly had mentioned that there was a Cheetah Rehabiliation Centre at the huge Spiers winery in Stellenbosch. ...
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Recent Blogs for Paarl
Beautiful winelands!
(Apr 20 '07)
Arrived in the small village of Franschhoek yesterday. It’s a beatiful, charming little village tucked into a valley and surrounded by mountains on three sides. Today we ventured out to three of the ...
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8,553,600 seconds...
(Jan 02 '07)
"99 days - Or roughly 14 weeks/2 376 hours/142 560 minutes/8 553 600 seconds until we leave!"
Well the New Year is upon us. 2007. The Year of our big trip. It seems hard to believe that in just a few ...
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(Ronnie's story) On our way to Cape Town, we decided to leave a day early to spend some time in the wine country. The view was absolutely amazing as we drove ...
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