South Africa
Get Away to Cape Town’s Vibrant Waterfront, Natural Beauty and Colourful Streetscapes
With a vibrant waterfront, abundant natural beauty and colourful streetscapes it’s no wonder that Cape Town, South Africa is consistently rated as a top tourist destination. An African Welcome Water, water, everywhere but soon, not a drop to drink. That was the dilemma confronting Cape Town when I was scheduled
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Backroads, Beaches and Bush: the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Driving the Backroads of the Eastern Cape “When you look at the farmhouses, what do you see?” asks our driver and guide Velile Ndlumbini as we drive through the rolling emerald hills of Qunu, in East Africa. Tall stands of corn stretch to the horizon next to carpets of lush grazing
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Mandela, Museums and Memories: Notes from Johannesburg, South Africa
It’s always good to know a few words in a local language, but that could be a challenge in Johannesburg, a city with 11 official languages. Our guide, T.K. Motosogi, from JMT Tours suggested that we learn a little Zulu, as it’s the most widely spoken. So we learned sawubona
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