Tag: Cape Town

Journey to East Africa

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Saturday – August 28, 2010 – This morning we had to get up at 3:30 a.m.! It was going to be one of our most logistically-challenging flight days. Thankfully, our concierge Yusuf arranged for a taxi driver named Avril to pick us up the night before at the […]

Down to the Cape of Good Hope

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Friday – August 27, 2010 – We began the morning with breakfast at the Bay Hotel buffet. Not long afterwards, our guide Alex picked us up and drove us and a retired Tasmanian couple on the Daytrippers Cape Tour. We toured around Cape Town and saw amazing views […]

Touring Cape Town

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Thursday – August 26, 2010 – Upon waking up on Thursday morning, I went to the window of our back-facing room and opened the curtains. I had never seen a more beautiful window view from a hotel room. Seemingly rising above the “backyard” of the hotel, we saw […]

From Zambia to Cape Town

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Wednesday – August 25, 2010 – This morning, Jeff and I toured Victoria Falls at our resort one last time and shot some video. Then we grabbed a quick buffet breakfast before catching our taxi to the airport. Our taxi driver told us some crazy stories about security […]