Africa
Africa is one of the most raw and fascinating continents on the planet. A place where lions and elephants from free. Where tribes and traditions still exist as they have from thousands of years. A landscape that’s as diverse as it is intimidating. This is Africa. Everyone should visit this continent at least once in their lives.
Travelling to Wilderness & Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
We peeled ourselves away from the gorgeous surrounds of Robertson (and the delicious wine) and headed east on scenic Route 62, the longest wine route in the world. We were heading to the coastal strip of the country called “the Garden Route” towards the town of Wilderness. Along the way we stopped at a famous ...
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Hermanus to Robertson, South Africa – Wine Tasting & Whale Watching
From Stellenbosch we headed to a town dubbed “The best place in the world for land based whale watching”, Hermanus. The entire drive there was on the windy route 44 coastal road and every time Dariece or I saw the slightest movement in the water I slammed on the breaks, veered off the highway and ...
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Stellenbosch, South Africa: Winelands & Penguin – 2 Of My Favourite Things
The following morning we packed up and said goodbye to Cape Town and our first Backpackers. We headed East to the Winelands area of South Africa…my favourite kind of land! There are over 200 wineries in 1500 meters of mountainous area where it’s the perfect climate and soil for grape growing. We chose to stay ...
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Travel to Cape Town, South Africa
Day 3 in Cape Town was a day Dariece has been waiting for for a long time. PENGUINS!! We headed out to Boulders Beach where a colony of 3000 penguins live. We arrived after an hour drive down the coast and Dariece was almost too excited to wait for me to buy tickets. She ran ...
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Cape Town, South Africa – A New Way Of Doing Things
Our 21 hour travel day began by us taking the hour-long train ride from downtown Istanbul to the underground train line that would take us to the airport. From there we checked in, walked around and had something to eat. It was the biggest and busiest airport we’ve ever seen. There are over 500 gates ...
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What to Eat in Morocco
There’s nothing better than arriving in a country and discovering all the new foods, spices and smells. The food in Morocco isn’t spicy at all but every meal is perfectly seasoned with some main spices: cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and a Moroccan ‘all spice’. Everything that we’ve sampled has been amazing, there isn’t anything we’ve tried ...
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