The few, the proud, the vegetarians in Cape Town

During our visit to Ocean View members of the community cooked for us. Right before we got up to get food the head of the program asked all the vegetarians in the audience to stand up. About 20 of us stood up, looking confused. She then told us that a special vegetarian meal was prepared in the back room for us- I thought it was hilarious that we had been called out as vegetarians here (but other people were not so amused)! However, no one was frowning after we tried the dee-licious food in the back- some omnivorous people skipped the huuuuge line for meat and just got vegetarian food instead :)

Running in South Africa and Other Stories

September 28th 2010
I am jogging on the beach in Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa and my mind is racing with thoughts that have not subsided since I arrived in South Africa two months ago in mid July. However, when I round the corner into Supertubes, a beach known as one of the best surfing locations in the world, I stop and my thoughts catch up with me for a moment. I have experienced two months of trying to negotiate ... 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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