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Buying a car in South Africa Part 1: Manual Transmission Newbies -You can do it!

I’m not quite sure how many parts there are going to be to this series, as buying a car in RSA is an exercise in insanity and perseverance. All I can say is that after approximately three months of...

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Career advice please?

Teaching math was my previous career. I graduated from college and joined a 2 year inner city teaching program thinking I was going to save the world by helping give underprivileged kids a quality...

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Roadtrip

Road tripping to KwaZulu Natal in the Clio

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Scenes from a drive to Durban

We’re in Durban gorging on Indian food, lying on the beach (well I’m lying on the beach), Hubbly Bubbly-ing, and battling my giant humidity induced hair a la Monica on that Friends episode. We’re also...

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So wrong, it has to be right: Jozi’s answer to Berlin’s Doener Kebap?

While I like to consider myself somebody who eats right and cooks nutritious meals, there are times when you’re hungover we all must eat delicious bites of heaven that are really bad for you. I’m sorry...

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Fashion Friday: traveling

When we lived in Berlin I used to dread the 10 hour flight to the States. That was child’s play compared to the schlep from South Africa. Today’s Fashion Friday is all about how to get through your...

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A weekend away in Kwa-Zulu Natal

Thanks to Freedom Day and Worker’s Day and Generous Bridge Day From Work we had a 5 day weekend, so we headed to the Midlands in KZN with friends. The weekend was full of boating, beering, eating...

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a weekend in the country.

We spent the weekend in the South African countryside with friends…these weekends usually consist of renting a giant house, eating lots of food, and drinking lots of wine. The scenery in South Africa...

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got my safari on. again.

What kind of expat would I be if I lived in South Africa and didn’t safari as much as possible? A sad one. And what is Land of Nams without a good dose of wildlife photography? Being close to wild …...

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diy: guestbook (expat necessities)

Like expats everywhere we are lucky to get many visitors- our house is like a hotel with friends and family coming and going constantly, complete with busy seasons and once in a while double (or...

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