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Day Eight - Friday 22nd October
We started the day by heading into wine country, and for Boschendal wine farm in particular. As I think most people know, the cape is renowned for its fruit and wine production; wine production started here when the french, not content with contaminating one country, wandered through and decided that the flat land between the cape mountains would be a perfect place for vineyards. After a while the vineyards became infected and were sold off cheap to someone who ...
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African Adventure Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Today we flew to Cape Town. The teacher from last night gave us a lift to the airport, and I had an uneventful flight, apart from being asked to swap seats yet again so that a girl could sit next to her boyfriend. Almost every flight I have ever had I have been asked to do that - and I bet you if when I get on a plane with my girlfriend and we're separated by a row, nobody will swap for us. Still ...
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African Adventure Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
That evening, after Paul had collected me, we went round for dinner at the home of someone he works with. Their home is actually on the school campus - the school has a vast amount of land, and on it they have built houses for their staff to live in. We had roast lamb which was delicious, and then went on to a concert, although neither Paul nor I were quite prepared for what we were about to see.
It was a boy band concert ...
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African Adventure Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
After I left the internet, I wandered the grounds of the school for a while, before bumping into the lady we'd had dinner with the night before. She's organising a design technology conference, and I somehow got roped into helping to pack bags for the delegates. There were pens, but I didn't get one; instead I was given a Sprite and a cake. Guess I can't complain too much, although it took Paul 3 hours to finish what he was ...
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Day 5 - Tuesday 19th October
Are you getting bored by now? I am. I've just spent the past, err, 2 hours sorting through nice e-mails I want, random e-mails I don't want, and typing out my diary entries. I really wish I'd remembered my USB key, or at least bought a USB floppy drive. Wireless doesn't appear to exist in South Africa. Neither does fast internet - this connection is slower and laggier than my mobile phone. Still, it's not ...
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