And Our Three Week African Camping Trip Begins

At seven in the morning we dragged our bags from our apartment to the Nomad Tours office. Thank goodness it was only a block and a half away because the bags ( especially mine) are really heavy. I forgot to mention, our Cape Town apartment was lovely. We found it on Airbnb. It was right in the centre of things, two bedrooms, very clean, freshly renovated, well equipped and …

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Things almost got Ugly with an Ostrich on our Last Day in Cape Town

Our final day in Cape Town was fabulous. The weather was clear and sunny as we wound our way through the wine area; Constantia. We next checked out a really cute beach town called Muizenberg. There was a surfing competition going on and in other parts of the beach, people of all ages were having surfing lessons or perfecting their skills. Bright rows  of little wooden beach huts lined …

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Two Days in Cape Town

Cape Town and I had a rough start our first night with the whole problem of finding medical help, traffic jams, and scary homeless people on the streets at night. It is truly sad. I am certain that some of these street people may be mentally disabled and left to fend for themselves.  Crime rates are high  here. Private security guards are plentiful. Every decent restaurant has a strong …

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Goodbye Morocco, Hello Portugal and Cape Town

Ten pm came quickly. Our riad staff came out with  mint tea and almond cookies. We toasted the fact that we had an awesome vacation in Morocco. The riad staff went over and above for our whole stay with them…so friendly and accommodating. The luggage guy with no teeth was right on time to collect our baggage into the cart. He made sure we carried our purses in front …

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