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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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the major international ATM networks
(including MasterCard/CIRRUS and Visa/PLUS), and by using an ATM, you're
always given the best interbank rate of exchange. Most ATMs have one-way
glass to stand behind in order to prevent people from glancing at your PIN
number, and all have signs warning customers about ATM crime. Next to the
ATM that afternoon, kids were sitting on the street, begging.
I arrived at Radium Hall around 3:00pm, and the first thing I did after
setting my bags down (and calling a friend) was go out for a walk. Cape
Town is a city surronded by mountains (looking like a bowl), and the B&B is
located up on one of the hillsides. Not having any particular destination
in mind, I just started walking down towards the business district.
One thing immediately apparent about this area (and most of white South
Africa) is that almost with exception, every house you come across has a
sign indicating it's protected by a security agency. It doesn't matter
where you go in the country -- if it's a white home, there will either be a
security agency sign or a "beware of dog" sign on the property (and often,
both). Whether this is a hang-over from apartheid days, or a necessary
response to the very real crime problem, I don't know (I suspect it's a bit
of both), but it's something that stays in your mind, and makes you wonder
why crime is such a problem in the country. Certainly the biggest factor
contributing to the nation's crime rate has to be South Africa's long
history of apartheid, and the present-day economic reality that it will take
at least a generation before true integration and economic parity begins to
take place on a large scale (on paper, a black South African can now live
anywhere he/she wants, including inside the cities themselves, rather than
being forced to live in one of the neighboring
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See photographs from:
Botswana Gallery
,
Cape Verde Gallery
,
Kenya Gallery
,
Lesotho Gallery
,
Malawi Gallery
,
Mauritius Gallery
,
Swaziland Gallery
,
Tanzania Gallery
,
Zambia Gallery
,
Zimbabwe Gallery
I just thought it might be helpful for you to know how i am finding your system.
Thank you
Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20