
159 INTERVIEW. Wade Connecting the Dots
04/12/20 • 46 min
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158 JOURNEY: Top 10 Things to See in a Week in Cape Town
As a full-time solo traveller, it's always great to have visitors, especially from your kids. You might remember that my youngest daughter travelled with me for four months at the beginning of my journey to Asia. She met me in Bangkok, and then we were in Chiang Mai, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hongkong, China, North Korea, South Korea. And when we got to Japan, my oldest daughter joined us, and we had two weeks together there – during cherry blossom season. Since then, I've only seen them when I've been back in Denmark. When I knew I was going to be in Cape Town, they decided to be spontaneous and book a flight to visit me. And I can't be happier. I've planned to show them why I love this place, and I'm going to be the best tour guide I can be, and below you can find my personal Top 10 Things to See in a Week in Cape Town. The first thing on the list is a must-see when you're in Cape Town. Like San Francisco has Alcatraz, Cape Town has Robben Island. An island close to the city where there used to be a prison. When you visit Robben Island, you start with a 40-minute boat ride from V&A Waterfront. FACTS ABOUT ROBBEN ISLAND:
- The World Heritage Site, Robben Island takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (robben), the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robben Eiland translates to Seals Island.
- It's 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of the coast of Cape Town – and the island itself is 3.3 km (2.1 mi) long, and 1.9 km (1.2 mi) wide.
- The island was first used as a political prison in the mid-1600s. This was where the Dutch settlers sent people who refused to bend to colonial rule.
- In 30 years from 1961, a maximum-security prison here held enemies of apartheid.
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160 JOURNEY: Garden Route Road Trip from Cape Town
The Radio Vagabond podcast is back...!
This is an episode that was recorded pre-Corona and is the first leg of my road trip from Cape Town to Johannesburg. I start driving Garden Route to Cape Agulhas – the southernmost point of Africa where the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean meet.
Then I head north towards Oudtshoorn and on the way I visit Ronnies Shop that had its name changed to Ronnies Sex Shop as a prank from his friends. He was angry at first but that turned the business around, because as he said: "Sex sells, my friend".
See my route on TheRadioVagabond.com along with a few pictures of the shop and some stunning landscape.
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