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South Africa revisited

April 20, 2017

Tired and bedraggled, we arrived out our airport hotel late at night, after a long …

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Merry Christmas from Sam and James

December 24, 2015

Back in April this year, Sam and I travelled by bus along the aptly named …

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Durbs

April 26, 2015

  Durbs (Durban to the uninitiated) is big. Coming in through the extensive industrial sections …

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Cock-up in Kokstad

April 23, 2015

I write this through broken reading glasses. You will soon find out why. We have …

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on the way to Coffee Bay

April 19, 2015

The South African backpacker circuit is dominated by Germans and Dutch, but you meet people …

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Living it up on the Wild Coast

April 16, 2015

Two long bus trips have taken us into and then out of the city of …

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Conversations in the Wilderness

April 13, 2015

  The most important tool of the intervention thus far has proven to be fellow …

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the back of the bus

April 9, 2015

I write this from the back of a backpacker’s bus heading from Hermanus, a sleepy …

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not all smooth sailing..

April 7, 2015

There had always been some apprehension about taking a child with special needs around Africa …

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why history matters

April 6, 2015

Last day in Cape Town after a busy but wonderful 5 days. Today was a …

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