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The International Journal of Sport and Leisure (Some sport. Some leisure. Also, schistosomiasis.) |
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* Zanzibar Time (Part I of II: Stone Town)
* Diving Aliwal Shoal * Umkomaas * South of Durban * Escape from the Cape * Skydiving for Bacon * Rage Against the Machine * Bite Me * Africa Cold * Scum-Dodging on Long Street
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April 28, 2005Zanzibar Time (Part I of II: Stone Town)Zanzibar, Tanzania Monday, April 25 to Thursday, April 28, 2005 I flew to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Monday, April 25, after arriving in Johannesburg from Durban on the 24th. I kept a low profile in Jo'burg by staying in...Read this update April 24, 2005Diving Aliwal ShoalUmkomaas, South Africa Tuesday - Saturday, April 19 - 23, 2005: Raggies and Swiss-eating Fish Among other things, Aliwal Shoal is famous for large schools of ragged-toothed sharks (www.elasmodiver.com/Sandtiger%20shark.htm) and sightings of massive potato cod/groupers (www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/16422/cat/508/page/5). During a total of...Read this update UmkomaasUmkomaas, South Africa Tuesday - Sunday, April 19 - 24, 2005: Umkomaas had very little in store for me. It was boring. Really boring. Excrutiatingly, painfully, disgustingly, dishearteningly, maddeningly and woefully boring. Were it not for the high quality of...Read this update April 18, 2005South of DurbanWarner Beach , South Africa Sunday - Monday, April 17 - 18, 2005: I finally flew from Cape Town to Durban on Sunday the 17th. The flight with Kulula Airlines (this time minus the cows all over the airplane) was...Read this update April 16, 2005Escape from the CapeCape Town, South Africa Friday, April 8, through Saturday, April 16 (More or less...), 2005: My last week or so in Cape Town wasn't quite the thrill that the sky diving experience provided. In fact, it was fairly low-key and...Read this update April 07, 2005Skydiving for BaconCape Town, South Africa Thursday, April 7, 2005: Introduction: The Birth of Stupid Ideas There are all kinds of things I once told myself I would never attempt in my lifetime, no matter what the case, end of story, period....Read this update April 04, 2005Rage Against the MachineCape Town, South Africa Monday, April 4, 2005: I came back from shark diving to find that my replacement Citibank ATM card had finally arrived at my hotel, courtesy of prompt and expensive express mailing by my parents. As I...Read this update Bite MeGansbaai, South Africa Monday, April 4, 2005: Carcharodon carcaharias... The Great White Shark... An apex predator capable of giving me the mauling that other sharks have declined to give me thus far(http://blogs.bootsnall.com/joshua/archives/005999.shtml)... Gansbaai, South Africa, is the great white shark...Read this update April 03, 2005Africa ColdCape Town, South Africa Sunday, April 3, 2005: I spent the day --- a small portion of it anyway --- diving with a company I will, for the purposes of the blog, call "Scuba Duh." It was "Gavin" from Scuba...Read this update April 02, 2005Scum-Dodging on Long StreetCape Town, South Africa Saturday, April 2, 2005: I woke up at 4:30 AM because I was scheduled to be picked up at my hotel between 5:00 and 6:00 by a company specializing in a type of tour I will...Read this update |
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