Last updated on July 4th, 2021 Colorful and neat, Cape Town Waterfront was one of my favorite places in town. I liked strolling around, having a drink in one of the bars overlooking the harbour and the boats, watching and listening to the people playing music and dancing in the streets. As the light changes …
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Offbeat South Africa: Quaint and Vintage Clarens
Last updated on July 4th, 2021Affectionately nicknamed ‘The Jewel of the Free State‘, the quaint village of Clarens is set in a beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains. Quaint and pretty, Clarens is like a breath of fresh air It took me only a few moments to understand why Clarens is so popular between people from Johannesburg …
Thriving Maboneng: One of the Coolest Areas in Jo’Burg
Last updated on July 4th, 2021East of Johannesburg CBD, the thriving Maboneng Precinct – meaning ‘place of light‘ in the Sotho language – has become one of the most interesting areas of the city. In the Sotho language, Maboneng means ‘the place of light’. No other word could have been more appropriated Once a zone …
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Discovering Local Life Along Durban Beachfront
Last updated on July 4th, 2021When I first visited South Africa in 2011, I decided to skip Durban to spend as much time as possible in wild and remote areas of South Africa. I thought it would be another big city with no special character, not really worth stopping by. Durban was an unexpected and delightful …
The Spectacular Drakensberg and the Tugela Falls Hike
Last updated on July 4th, 2021After I left Johannesburg, I started my journey down to Cape Town by the BazBus with no specific itinerary yet. I just decided that my first stop would be in Northern Drakensberg, to see the spectacular Amphitheatre. The view on the high and steep semi-circular cliffs (from which it was …
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Yes, South Africa is Great for Solo Travelers
Last updated on July 4th, 2021After several years of dillydallying, I recently made up my mind and went for a solo journey through South Africa. What had held me for such a long time was the idea that it was a difficult country to travel alone, and by public transportation. Moreover, being a woman could …
Remembering Soweto Students Uprisings in 1976
Last updated on July 4th, 2021I couldn’t think at a journey through South Africa and a stop in Johannesburg without visiting Soweto, the largest township home of huge contrasts and the place where the battle for freedom against the Apartheid began. Today the area around Vilakazi Street, where Nelson Mandela lived from the late 1950s …