-Gimme mani!

In Rome do as the romans. I quickly learned the ancient traditional greetings of the Xhosa children. They would come running towards me screaming: Gimme two-randi! Gimme Mani! Gimme Sweet! and I would answer accordingly to prove that I was a culturally sensitive and aware traveller. I learned that the older boys used the phrase: Gimme cigarette, or Gimme Samting! Might be of good value for anyone visiting the regiono to practise on these very gommon greetings.

Expedition Wildcoast

August 25th 2007
I copied the tidal-charts for the coming month, made a list of all the rivers we would encounter and stocked up on lightweight food and fresh water. Our plan; to cycle the Wildcoast along its coastline, appeared quite straight forward we thought as we studied maps and read up on Xhosa-clans and their traditions. My list of rivers numbered 42, of which 20 were blind, one had a bridg ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

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