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About mleiter

I love to travel and write! : )

Table Mountain

Posted on January 26, 2011 by mleiter

I finally climbed Table Mountain!  I’d been waiting for a day when I wasn’t exhausted and when there were absolutely no clouds.  Yesterday was that day.  Though the heat has been increasing day by day this week and this weekend … Continue reading →

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I jumped off a bridge…

Posted on January 25, 2011 by mleiter

…it was the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life.  I’m hoping to remember that fear when I apply for journalism jobs as soon as I get back.  Because at least, for that, I’ll have both feet on the … Continue reading →

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My First African Safari

Posted on January 25, 2011 by mleiter

This post, with all my love, is for my sister, Sarah.  She loves animals like a child wants a pony kind-of-way.  And I love that about her.  So Sarah, and everyone else, enjoy the pictures. : )  

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Garden Route Getaway

Posted on January 25, 2011 by mleiter

Over the weekend, I went on a Safari excursion with some of the other members of Projects Abroad.  It was quite the adventure, to say the least. Day 1: Meeting at 7 am in front of the Newlands office calls … Continue reading →

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JD and Ostrich anyone?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by mleiter

For days, I had been trying to imagine what a Jack Daniels milkshake tastes like.  At work the other day, while exchanging places we’ve visited in Cape Town, one of my colleagues mentioned a great burger joint, where they make … Continue reading →

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Khayelitsha

Posted on January 19, 2011 by mleiter

I visited Cape Town’s largest township, Khayelitsha, on Tuesday as part of my research for one of my stories.  It was an emotionally exhausting day.  I was thinking of how I didn’t want to blog about it because I didn’t … Continue reading →

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The quiet, coastal towns of Muizenberg and St. James.

Posted on January 19, 2011 by mleiter
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Cape Town lesson 4:

Posted on January 18, 2011 by mleiter

“Knowledg is power” ~Graynum Cupido If you’re a black child in South Africa, you have a one in thirty chance of getting a decent education, according to the documentary I recently watched about Langa and have been referencing.  In Langa … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Island of the Sick and Wrongly Condemned

Posted on January 17, 2011 by mleiter

The thing that stood out the most in my mind about the prison on Robben Island, infamous for the ANC politicians the cement walls held during apartheid, was just how new the prison was. The Robben Island maximum security prison … Continue reading →

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The V & A Waterfront

Posted on January 17, 2011 by mleiter

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is listed as one of the must see places in most Cape Town tour guides. “Named after Queen Victoria and her son Alfred, this harbor was originally built in 1860, after Alfred ceremoniously poured the … Continue reading →

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