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Getting Around: Trains, Taxis, Automobiles and Kombis – Cape Town, South Africa Getting Around: Trains, Taxis, Automobiles and Kombis Cape Town, South Africa Getting around Cape Town can be quite an adventure, especially if you don’t have a car. The city is spread out through city streets, winding mountain roads and freeways. As a visitor, you’ll definitely wan
Places To Chow – Cape Town, South Africa Places To Chow Cape Town, South Africa There is a plethora of places to eat and drink in Cape Town, a location where “African time” and having a good time are both adhered to. As with most large cities, Cape Town offers an abundance of different types of cuisine, and areas like the
Hips That Move Like Africa – Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town Explore Cape Town, South Africa “Your hips, Jenny! Your hips, they move like Africa!” This is by far one of the greatest compliments I have ever received, an exclamation made by a Xhosa friend in a tiny house in a black township in South Africa not too long ago. I had trav
South Africa Race Relations – South Africa South Africa Race Relations South Africa Race relations and the remnants of Apartheid in South Africa are so complex and deeply rooted that trying to make sense of it can make your head spin at times. During a road trip through the Eastern Cape, I saw so many different sides to the country R
Is South Africa a Good Side Trip (from Prague) – and Five Other Questions I Should Have Asked Is South Africa a Good Side Trip (from Prague) – and Five Other Questions I Should Have Asked Cape Town, South Africa Taking the Long Way Around I’ve never been the one to settle for the path of least resistance. When the director of my graduate school program informed my class that
The Drakensberg Region – One of South Africa’s Best Kept Secrets The Drakensberg Region – One of South Africa’s best kept Secrets Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa South Africa offers tourists coming to our country a huge choice of holiday destinations. But it’s the Drakensberg Mountains that are still kept as an secret place –
To Banter with the Bogeyman – South Africa To Banter with the Bogeyman South Africa A sheep blared. A pony whinnied; a star flickered and disappeared somewhere in the northern sky. I was scared witless. Horror swept through me like a touch of black silk against the skin as he breathed beanstalk words and wrapped me in sentences of smut.
Ain’t Nothin’ Like It: 24 Hours of African Public Transport – South Africa Ain’t Nothin’ Like It: 24 Hours of African Public Transport South Africa During the fall of my junior year in college, I joined the ranks of the thousands of other college students who leave behind their home country and study abroad. Instead of flying to one of the classic choices
Millions of Arms – Beira, Mozambique and South Africa Millions of Arms Beira, Mozambique and South Africa A tiny girl in a tattered yellow dress knows all the words. She sings them clearly, her eyes looking straight ahead. Her hair is a ponytail of thin braids, tied back with a piece of string. She has no shoes on her dusty feet. I am captivated b
South Africaâ€™s Luxury Lodges – South Africa South Africa’s Luxury Lodges South Africa With tourism steadily growing in South Africa over the past few years, and with the dollar and euro doing well against the rand, luxury lodges, large and small, are doing a brisk business. From beautiful Cape Town, the most visited city in South
Peter and the Sand Elephant – South Africa Peter and the Sand Elephant South Africa I came to South Africa for solace, for the comfort animals offer. How on earth, on my very first night on this continent, did I, so recently widowed, still deeply grieving end up next to a drunken Great White Hunter, a generation out of date? My South Af
System is Down. Come Again Tomorrow. Adventures at the Cape Town DMV – Cape Town, South Africa System is Down. Come Again Tomorrow. Adventures at the Cape Town DMV Cape Town, South Africa As a Canadian, I am very experienced at bitching about the government. Canadians LOVE to bitch about the government – Tim Horton’s (our national coffee and donut provider) would probably not
Safari: Kruger National Park – South Africa, Africa This is my road Avoiding tourist traps Travelling in South Africa with a car is challenging at the best of times. But when trying to avoid tourist traps and beaten paths, it takes the degree of difficulty up a notch. Add budget traveller and safety conscious person in a strange country a
Cape Town – Africa Victoria and Albert Waterfront Cape Town is naturally beautiful. It doesn’t need man-made attractions like the London Eye or the Empire State Building to captivate its visitors. It is also not your normal city break, as there is hardly time to explore the actual “city”. Five of the top six to
Sun City, The AfroDisney – South Africa About a two-hour drive from Pretoria, in the northern province, is the famous resort town of Sun City. Though it is called "city", it is more like a huge entertainment complex (Wasn't Las Vegas like that at its beginning?). It is not popular within the backpacker circle due to
The City I Run Away From – Johannesburg, South Africa I could not avoid Johannesburg. I could not on my first trip to South Africa seven years ago, and this time either, even though my main destination both times was Cape Town. And I still do not like Johannesburg. To get the cheapest airfare to South Africa from North America, which usually co
Cape Town, Part One: At the End of Africa Compared to a reluctant stop in Johannesburg, Cape Town is THE place most visitors to South Africa want to see. It was also the starting point of my seven-week overland trip. From here, I would travel all the way to Nairobi, Kenya. One of the countries along the way would become my 100th cou
Cape Town, South Africa – Big Brother’s African Brother Cape Town, South Africa Coaxed up Table Mountain by the lure of chocolate, I spend a sobering hour within the Langa township and catch the ferry for a thought-provoking tour round Robben Island. November 2002 From whatever direction we approached Cape Town, Table Mountain was the prominent fe
Kimberley to Uppington, South Africa – Big Brother’s African Brother Kimberley to Uppington, South Africa AK47s, Armageddon, four minute instant skin cancer and an attempted conversion to the Islamic faith using a wholesome fish curry and Barbra Streisand songs – it’s just another crazy week in South Africa. October 2002 Following our unorthodox
A Unique Friendship – Botswana, South Africa, Africa There was something completely unique about our friendship. I remember the day I first met her. She had an African smile with such warmth, it was impossible to forget. I had just arrived at a safari camp in Botswana which would be my home for the next three months. Kebofilwe was the camp chef

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