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Young, Free and Alone in JoBurg

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I was really looking forward to JoBurg .  My friend Mike, who I grew up with in Pennsylvania, moved there a few years ago.  We’d chatted about my trip and he had been waxing lyrical about the “super awesome” time we were going to have.  He’d show me the sights, take me out to the best bars, bring me to an amazing restaurant with the … [Read more...] about Young, Free and Alone in JoBurg

Hanging in Cape Town

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Coming off last year's World Cup hosting duties, South Africa has finally moved beyond the world-wide shunning it received during the apartheid era. South Africa is rapidly becoming an international place, and nowhere exemplifies that better than my destination Cape Town . Cape Town is the most visited city in South Africa, and, it turns out, the … [Read more...] about Hanging in Cape Town

Discover a New Culture by Volunteering in South Africa

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Without travelling to a country, it’s hard to understand – and enjoy – everything it has to offer. Unfortunately, it’s easy to get a one-sided view of a place thanks to how it’s portrayed in the media. Recently, there have been concerns that charity campaigns to help Africa have focused too much on the negatives . Although hardships do exist, Africa … [Read more...] about Discover a New Culture by Volunteering in South Africa