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Travel Journals: Cape Town, South Africa


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South African Road Trip

A wonderful holiday road trip. We stop by the Karoo National Park on our way to Cape Town and have a memorable, if expensive, meal of Karoo lamb and Cape wine. The next morning we’re up early to finish the trip to CT, but before we leave we watch the r...

Member: Tamlyn
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London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

Member: Eric
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New Zealand Apr/May 2007

Yay! Collected my rental camper van today. Also had a very early start to the day... 25 April is ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) Day in New Zealand and Australia. On this day these two countries emember members of the Australian and New...

Member: Jason
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World Travels 2007

Arrived into Melbourne today by train. After the tram journey to St Kilda, we tried to locate the backpackers. Walking around and getting more and more pissed off for not knowing where we are, we finally found the place and booked in. Entering our r...

Member: Morne Deborah
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European countries and cities 2001-2006

I have visited the following countries and cities in Europe since I started traveling. Once again, so many memories and photo's hopefully I will be able to upload everything one day soon with descriptions and advice....

Member: Conli
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World trip

After another early start we arrived at Airlie Beach for our sailing adventure on the Whitsunday Magic. This 135ft tall ship was to take us around the Whitsunday Islands for the next 3 days. The first night we anchored at Whitehaven Bay after sunset,...

Member: Natalie-Susan
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Africa 2006

Dawn says: Today was another full day in Oudtshoorn, the difference between yesterday and today is that today we actualy did something. I put my foot down yesterday and forced a relax day. We've been going hyper speed since we arrived and have bee...

Member: Mike and Dawn
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To the Motherland

Um...does anyone speak Xhosa? We could not get the students to speak to us. Either they were shy about their English or they didn't know it. So maybe we need to focus on higher grade levels, where older students may have had more experience speaking in...

Member: Melissa
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Southern African Roadtrips

I made the most of the three weeks' holiday, going on a two-week, 4000km road trip up Southern Africa's East Coast with my girlfriend Tanith, followed by a mandatory hike (this time in the picturesque but at times misty surrounds of the Blyde River Can...

Member: Russell and Tanith
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Local stuff - 2006

Photos courtesy of Melissa Fangueiro......

Member: Lyn
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Elective 2006

This week i moved from maternity to TB ward. It didnt start well - i kept feeling faint from the heat and the smell of serioulsy ill people. There was one woman who was no more that a skeleton with skin draped over her - she couldnt even lift her head ...

Member: liz
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South Africa!!

As part of our mini South African road trip, Calan and I headed down to George, part of the infamous Garden Route. More importantly than being home to pretty mountains, nice beaches and a variety of adventure sports, the area is home to Calan's mum ...

Member: Kate
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Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...

Member: Lindsey
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AFRIQUE DU SUD 2007

KRUGER PARC ULUSABA RESERVE PRIVEE VIRGIN RICHARD BRANSSON CAPE TOWN VICTORIA FALLS ZIMBABWE...

Member: de KLERK
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My world

Starting 12 May 2006 / Underwater pics of Tioman...

Member: Fabrice
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Sal's 3 Month Adventure

On the go again, this time making a quick pit-stop in Lima on the way to Quito. The full extent of the earthquake in Peru started to become apparent as I read the newspaper reports and saw that half of the seats in our plane were taken up by Chilean re...

Member: Sally
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Southern Africa

We ran out of Zimbabwe as fast as we could and did a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana before heading to Livingstone in Zambia that night....

Member: Nick
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Gap Year 2004

Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...

Member: Claudio
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South America III: Back to Brasil - Oct 2006

Hi All, I’m currently sitting in Joburg, after being back a month in the homeland. What an adjustment – some things have changed (there are new shopping malls and even Haagen-Daz Ice-cream around the corner now), while some things have remained ...

Member: Samora & Lucy
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South America I: Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Bolivia, Peru 2006

Copacaban in Bolivia, from where we visited Isla del Sol, and Puno in Peru, from where we visited the Uros Floating islands, Isla Amantani and Isla Taquile. Thur 29 June 2006 We took a bus from Puno to Cusco last night and after 7.5 hours arrived ...

Member: Samora & Lucy
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Africa

Cities and places in Africa... Yes I am trying to get my interactive map as full of red dots as possible, I just love seeing dots everywhere on the world map that I have been to... cheesy yeah I know, but who cares! he he he...

Member: Conli
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Around The World in 130 Days

Short Version 1. Went to the Panda Research Center early 2. Introduced to the seedier side of chinese culinary habits Long Version We had organized another tour to go see the sichuan panda research facility - which is kind of a panda-only zoo. I ...

Member: IvelandMark
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Southern Africa 2002/3

Had relaxing weekend in hills of Nyanga with other girls on Mutare team....

Member: Helen
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Travel Photo Gallery

After seeing my parents in Cape Town, I went up to Durban to spend New Year with my friends, before Daryl and I flew back the UK on the 7th Jan....

Member: Lindsay
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SOUTH AFRICA

A team of twelve of us traveled to gorgeous Cape Town to run a Bible Camp for around 60 South African Youth. ...

Member: Brent
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Honeymoon

Safari!...

Member: Paola
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South Africa & Zimbabwe

This is just a photo thing for me...

Member: Jacqui
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Marathon Journey

the Big Apple .. nothing like it ..the city or the marathon.. unbelievable! didn`t quite get the travel right on this one .. arrived the day before, walked across town to the expo and then woke up at midnight to the sound of my alarm.. race day came an...

Member: Yiannis
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My lifes journey's so far

Back to Paris... How lucky am I!!! This time with a friend and a bit more time...

Member: Kirstin
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South Africa - Potjie and Padkos

The first leg of our trip done and what a leg it was. We’ve eaten like kings, seen some great sights and caught up with loads of family and friends. South Africa has indeed been good to us! Our first week back home was spent with our folks, mostly jus...

Member: Dave and Hayley
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