Category Archives: tourism tips

Summer Tourism in Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | January 2, 2011

This holiday, we went out of our way to do a few things in Cape Town that would normally – traditionally – be reserved for the visitors rather than the residents of the place. There’s something a bit odd about being a tourist in your own city: you see those “sights” every day on your [...]

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And then…

By 6000 | 6000 | June 22, 2010

A couple of days ago, I had a bit of a pop at Karibu restaurant for their really terrible performance – particularly as we are trying to impress the huge number of tourists during the World Cup (aren’t we?). And then… I realised that there is more to impressing the tourists than tacky Waterfront restaurants [...]

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What a good idea

By 6000 | 6000 | March 18, 2010

Sometimes a good idea comes along and doesn’t get anywhere because it doesn’t get the support it deserves or needs to take off. I would give you examples, but because they never got the support they deserved or needed, I’ve never heard of them. Usually, the only ideas that ever get anywhere are those that [...]

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Oudtshoorn flashback

By 6000 | 6000 | December 9, 2008

Oudtshoorn (roughly pronounced Oats-Horn) is a small town in the Western Cape which claims to be the ostrich capital of the world. And that might not sound like much of a pull, but if you want to do anything to do with ostriches, visit ostrich-related attractions and buy ostrich-related merchandise, Oudtshoorn is your number one destination of [...]

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South Africa: Places to visit in 2010

By 6000 | 6000 | September 19, 2008

Number 2. Brakpan, a mining town in Gauteng. The name Brakpan was first used by the British in the 1880s because of a non-perennial lake that would annually dry to become a “brackish pan”. While in the now defunct uranium mining town named after a dirty lake, you can visit the Gyproc factory, which produces almost [...]

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