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Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Wilderness March 3rd 2009

Once again I had a phenomenal weekend. Cape Town seems to be just filled with those, and the only problem with phenomenal weekend is that it makes it impossible to do homework. The good news is that I really only have homework in two classes, so during the week it’s crack down time. Crack down time is boring though, so do you want to hear about my weekend?? I know you do. Let’s start a little bit before the weekend does. Thursday, February 26, I went on a field trip with my Health Care and Community Development in South Africa class to the Western Cape Rehabilitation Center. This is a really nice facility on the outskirts of Cape Town that serves mostly stroke, brain injury, and spinal cord injury patients. They have more than 150 beds ... read more

Wild Utopia . . .

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Wilderness November 19th 2008

The River

Travelling Artist

I think I’ve found a piece of paradise . . . Late yesterday afternoon, I arrived in Wilderness, a small town in the Garden Route along the East Coast. The drive was nice. The Baz Bus is excellent. We dropped someone off at a Wildlife Reserve. It was gorgeous there - and I saw another zebra! We passed through Mossel Bay and I got my first glimpse of the Indian Ocean. Soon after that, we turned a bend in the road and suddenly there was forest everywhere. Wilderness. My hostel is about 2 kilometres out of town, at the bottom of a mountain, on the edge of a nature reserve and with a view across the river and out to the sea. It is so serene, so absolutely peaceful. There are very few people staying at ... read more

Brief history of South Africa

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...more history

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