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Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
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traditional one in a shanty area. After driving a
bit more, she stopped someone else to ask about a shabeen, and this time,
the one we found was much more typical (simple, small, and dark) -- and much
more lively.
Walking into this second shabeen, we first received some bewildered
looks, but soon, people came up to greet us with open arms -- shaking our
hands, and telling us over and over how happy they were to see us there.
What was so nice was that it was completely unplanned: this just happened to
be a random shabeen someone had given us directions to, and the people there
were so enthusiastic to see us! One young fellow in his 20s kept saying
"I'm so happy to see you here! Really! To see white people and black
people having a drink and having a good time! I can't tell you how happy
that makes me feel!" Of course, this is how it should be, but it's not:
when asked in the morning if she's ever had any white South Africans take
her tour, Paula laughed and said "the day when I have white South Africans
on the tour is the day I can stop giving them." She went on to say that in
the five years she's been giving the township tours, virtually the only time
a white South African has ever come along was when they had a visitor from
overseas who wanted to go -- and then, they would spent the entire time
trying to claim that what the whites had done to the blacks really wasn't
that bad. It's really a shame too, because the shabeen was a great place to
hang out: there was a pool table with an intense game going on, and being a
Saturday, plenty of people were around, all curious to meet us and say
hello. I even ordered a drink (this from someone who generally dislikes
alcohol), trying a local 4.5%-alcohol cooler and sharing it with one of the
fellows. Everyone was talking to each other having
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Botswana Gallery
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Cape Verde Gallery
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Kenya Gallery
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Lesotho Gallery
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Malawi Gallery
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Mauritius Gallery
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Swaziland Gallery
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Tanzania Gallery
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Zambia Gallery
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Zimbabwe Gallery
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Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20