Mr. Nelson Mandela is best known as a historic leader who fought against South Africa’s system of racial segregation and became the country’s first Black president from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Mandela is an icon of moral leadership, democracy and social justice. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace […]
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Constitution Hill
If there is one thing you must do in Johannesburg, it is to visit Constitution Hill. To walk through the space where both Mandela and Ghandi were imprisoned was surreal. Constitution Hill is a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a […]
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Cradle of Humankind & Sterkfontein Caves
Mrs. Ples and Little Foot are discoveries that always fascinated me. Both discoveries were found in the Sterkfontein Caves which are limestone caves and part of The Cradle of Humankind. The Cradle of Humankind is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a paleoanthropological site home to the largest known concentration […]
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Saint Helena Island ~ Where & How To Get There
Bucket List Alert! His name is Jonathan ❤️ Saint Helena Island is a British Overseas Territory part of Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. It is a volcanic, isolated island in the South Atlantic Ocean located about 1,950 kms west of Africa and 4,000 kms east of South America. […]
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Land of Kings, Queens, Pyramids, Romance and Scarab Beetles!
I had visions of myself riding a camel like Rachel Weisz did in The Mummy — all graceful and skillful and sexy. Yeah, that wasn’t me. I trip over my own feet, I even trip over the air just because it’s there. I spent 2 days in Egypt in July […]
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“If there were one more thing I could do, it would be to go on safari once again.”
That’s a quote from Karen Blixen, the author of “Out of Africa”. I started off my adventure in Tanzania by summitting Mount Kilimanjaro — a definite highlight of my life! You can read about it here: To The Roof Of Africa! Mount Kilimanjaro! The safari was next and it did […]
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To The Roof Of Africa! Mount Kilimanjaro!
Mount Kilimanjaro! Doesn’t it sound romantic? Have you seen the pictures of the glaciers at the top? Did Hemingway intrigue you when he wrote of leopards frozen in the snow? Did you see the handsome Gregory Peck in The Snows of Kilimanjaro which was based on Hemingway’s story? Kilimanjaro is […]
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