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Chasing the Sun in Cape Town

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:43:16 +0000

The tail-end part of my break in Cape Town was marred by erratic fronts, both weatherize and personally. At points, I had desperately wanted leave the grey cold and gusting winds that had rolled in, leaving me feeling lonely and melancholy in a city where I felt I had seen and done it all. With […]

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12 Hours Drinking in Cape Town

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:51:40 +0000

I know what you might be thinking, ‘Not, another backpacker’s blog about getting pissed in a foreign city and waking up with all their money stollen and no clue where they are.’ Well, I’m not that kind of traveller, and this isn’t that kind of blog. Besides, my liver can’t endure that kind of torture […]

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Cape to Dunes – Part #1

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:50:56 +0000

Near Fish River Canyon in Nambia – We crossed the border into Nambia yesterday. This is the Africa I’ve longed to see. Vast areas of sand and nothingness. No people. No trees. No mammals. No buildings. No telephone poles. Nothing but sand and the occasional bush. (One which our guide told us was dangerously acidic, and […]

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The Woodstock Project

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:06:53 +0000

Cape Town, South Africa – A commonality among all the countries I’ve traveled to is the proliferation of street art. Ive found it hidden on a crumbling side street wall in a remote village on the small traditional island of Lombak. A sketch of a black spider, caught in a web. In Quito, graffiti artists have […]

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Rebuild My Soul Africa. Don’t Let Me Go Africa.

gdesilva01@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:47:19 +0000

First Days in Cape Town, SA – It felt weird landing into Cape Town yesterday. It’s the only place on my around the world journey that I’ve been to before. Arriving back came with a mixture of emotions. Bittersweet memories of my last time here in 2007, with my then husband, started flooding back to […]

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