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Food on the Fire: Beer Chicken
- by robert,
- 19 January 2011
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
This has to be one of the easiest and tastiest ways to prepare a chicken. Seeing the bird roast with a can of your favourite brew up its bum also has a twisted visual appeal...
Instructions
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Paragliding in Cape Town
- by robert,
- 10 January 2011
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
Cape Town has many places with stunning views, but there is one spot that beats Lion’s Head and even Table Mountain – floating in midair. Paragliding is one of the closest things to flying...
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5 Cape Town Climbs for Road Bikes
- by robert,
- 12 July 2011
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
Commuting on a bicycle in Cape Town isn’t the safest thing to do. I’ve been cycling in this city for a year now and got knocked over twice. People just aren’t very aware of cyclists ...
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Christmas in Summer – A European Perspective
- by robert,
- 09 December 2010
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
The Festive Lights are up, retailers have installed their loud and kitschy decorations and crowded malls are filled with the sounds of Bonney M. European expats might still have a hard time getting in...
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What is a Braai?
- by robert,
- 08 November 2010
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
So you are an interning in South Africa and you would like to get to know this incredibly diverse country? Well, the one thing just about every South African enjoys is a ‘lekker braai&rs...
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Full Moon Hike
- by robert,
- 06 June 2011
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
Sunsets in the Mother City are something to behold, but it gets even more amazing, when the setting sun is followed by a rising full moon. One of the best ways to experience Mother Nature’s vers...
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I Rocked the Daisies...
- 11 October 2010
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
...and explored options of alternative transport on the way there and back. For me the festival fun started on Friday morning at 7am when I had to fit my backpack (including tent, sleeping bag, lilo a...
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casa blanca worst experience ever.!
- by lauren,
- 04 October 2010
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
I recently visited the ´´most´´ talked about place thus far Casa Blanca in V& waterfront. After much hipe it was extremelly dissapointing. Arriving at bout 10.00pm we were ...
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south africa is mis-understood
- by kasey,
- 02 March 2010
- Posted in Student Life In Cape Town
Like most legends, South Africa stands on the forefront of being one of the most misunderstood places in the world. ignorance has barricaded her with danger signs where foreigner are apprehensive to n...
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