by ronmitchelladventure | Jan 19, 2015 | Africa, South Africa
Mare and I love adrenaline adventures. South Africa’s coastal town of Gansbaii is the place for shark-cage diving. We book it, along with a room at Backpacker’s Hostel in nearby Hermanus, where drunken youths revel in obscenities and keep us awake for two nights. We...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jan 14, 2015 | Africa, South Africa
Driving a rental car on the left side of the road, behind a steering wheel on the right makes me feel like a dyslexic postal carrier. “Left! Left!” Mare continually reminds. South Africa continues to stretch our brains. Outside of Cape Town, narrow roads twist around...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jan 11, 2015 | Africa, South Africa
From much of the literature, and conversations with Cape Town locals on our 22-hour flight, we deplane expecting to get robbed and stabbed. Arriving at the hostel too early to check-in, a young man with an “I Dream of Jeannie” hairstyle and a nose ring looks up from...
