Backpacking in South Africa shared Tours Africa's post. ...
Happy Thursday, fellow travellers :)
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For some, this could mean excitement, fun & wonderful memories... for others this could mean craziness, irritating one another and an absolute no! 😂 ...
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I don't know whether to laugh at the sarcasm, or cry because of the truth 😥😂
Raise your hands if your bank account also gives you attitude🙋♀️ ...
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One of the most exhilarating things you can experience 🐘 😍 ...
Up close and personal with one of South Africa’s (very) Big Five!
#WowSouthAfrica
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Today, some of us get the day off from work as it's a public holiday in South Africa. Use the day to relax, hang out with friends or family & finally get to sleep in late. Have an absolutely awesome 9th August - Women's Day.
Take just 1 minute of your lovely day to think about WHY we get this day off. Women's Day commemorates the march in 1956 when approximately 20 000 women of all races petitioned at the Union Buildings in Pretoria against the country's pass laws that required Black South Africans to carry a pass, that served to maintain population segregation during the apartheid era.
The women left 14 000 petitions at the doors of prime minister J.G. Strijdom. The women stood in silence for 30 minutes and then started singing a protest song that was composed in honour of the occasion: Wathint'Abafazi Wathint'imbokodo! (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.).
In the 60 years since, the phrase has come to represent women's courage and strength in South Africa. This national holiday is a reminder that united we can stand, divided we will fall.
Happy National Women's Day to all the strong, beautiful women out there, as well as to all you lovely gents 😊 ...
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The rusty train tracks along the Garden Route bring back so many good ol' Outeniqua Choo Choo memories...
Elalini Backpackers - home for the next few days - is located at the old Goukamma Station (on the road to Buffalo Bay) and lives up to its name which means "place of rest" and "village".
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