Author: The Urban Wanderer
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West Coast Vibes and Farm Life
This post was originally from February 19, 2024 On Friday we left Cape Town and drove up about 2 hours up the west coast to the quiet and beautiful beach town of Paternoster. Paternoster is one of the oldest fishing villages on South Africa’s west coast. It’s known for its white-washed cottages and of course…
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A Few Highlights of Cape Town
This post was originally from February 17, 2024 On Wednesday, the marathon of visiting friends and family began. We had a sliver of time to go to the V&A Waterfront (also know as Victoria and Alfred Waterfront) which is a definite must for anyone visiting Cape Town. It is the oldest working harbour in the…
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Goodbye Jo-burg, Hello Cape Town!
This post was originally from February 15, 2024 Tuesday morning was the last game drive as part of the tour. No matter how many times you see an impala (because there is one around every corner!) it doesn’t get old! The highlight for me was when two lionesses strolled past our vehicle so nonchalantly. A…
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Close Encounters of the African Kind
This post was originally from February 13, 2024 Yesterday was another day for the books! It started with a morning game drive, where we set off at 5:30 am just before the sun started to rise. We get to drive in a massive Land Rover where we have a driver and a tracker. The tracker…
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Lions, Tigers and Bears, OH MY!
This post was originally from February 12, 2024 South Africa’s most well known National Park is called Kruger National Park. It’s one of those places that draws travelers in from around the world because its not only home to the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino), but also because of it’s incredible size…
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Touch Down, We Made It!!!
This post was originally from February 9, 2024 Before we left I kept telling everyone that I wasn’t sure that there would be many stories on this trip and when I said that my one when friend scoffed back “Heather, you have stories the minute you walk outside your door!” I never really thought about…
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Africa, Here We Come
This message was originally written on February 4, 2024 On Tuesday, Liza and I are heading to her homeland of South Africa. This will be the first time that she is returning home since immigrating to Canada exactly 2 years ago. She is really excited to be going home to her friends and family but…
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Adios Amigas!
This post was originally from March 3, 2023 The other night we were lucky enough to be taken to another of G Adventures Planeterra Project’s called El Hongo. Translated in English El Hongo means ‘the mushroom’. The name is significant to the project because like a mushroom humans can become spores and spread kindness, love…
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Belize it or not, it is time for Mexico again!
This post was originally from March 2, 2023 On Monday we spent the full day in Caye Caulker chilling on the island vibe. The island is actually split into two because of a hurricane that destroyed the area in the 60’s. Since then, the gap between the two land masses has increased and now you…
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Finding Nemo
This post is originally from February 26, 2023 Yesterday we checked out of our hotel and dragged our luggage about a kilometer down the road so we could wait for our next adventure. Here we waited for the local bus known to many as the Chicken Bus (which is literally just an old school bus).…
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