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!Khwa ttu: Sustainable Cultural Preservation

By David Sasaki on December 5, 2008 in Africa, Lodging, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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The surprise highlight of this trip for me so far hasn’t been a helicopter flight, luxury resort, or journey down three and half kilometers to the world’s deepest mine. No, what has impressed me the...

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Game On at Plumari Conservation Reserve

By John Gartner on December 5, 2008 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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I've never experienced anything quite like sharing a sunrise with the large game animals of Africa. Riding in an open air Jeep, we bounced along for three hours and encountered herds of giraffe, kudu (nice...

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Children Dance in the Richtersveld

By Renee Blodgett on December 5, 2008 in Africa, All Countries, Photos, South Africa

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Take a look at South Africa's Richtersveld as seen through the eyes of Nama children, who danced for us on the banks of the Orange River, along the Namibian border. It was followed by a picnic...

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South Africa’s Joule Electric Car

By David Sasaki on December 5, 2008 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Optimal Energy CEO Kobus Meiring Presenting the Joule Electric Car Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary which shows the roles of American automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, and the US government in stopping...

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America Gives South Africa Tourism Love

By Ray Lewis on December 4, 2008 in Africa, North America, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, USA, Videos

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The United States has overtaken Germany as the second-biggest market for South African tourism, according to Wendy Tiou, Global Manager of Communications for South Africa Tourism.  (The U.K. is number one, of course). We spoke over...

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Finding Diamonds in the Rough Seas

By John Gartner on December 4, 2008 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, South Africa, USA

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For the 60 men and three women aboard the Peace of Africa, diamonds aren't a luxury, they're a career choice. Finding the gems requires  the latest technology and creates a Jacques Cousteau-like adventure.The Peace of...

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Meet the San People of Southern Africa

By Renee Blodgett on December 3, 2008 in Africa, Cape Town, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Videos

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A mere seventy kilometers outside of Cape Town sits the San Culture & Education Center, a center dedicated to culture and training for Southern Africa’s First People, the Bushmen, now called the San. The center, otherwise...

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Nothing is Written!

By Rory Keane on December 3, 2008 in Asia, China, Photos

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Good grief, has it really been this long since I’ve updated this register of raucous China-related revelries? Well, dear Reader, please accept my earnest apologies. You must understand, gentle Reader, that the final exam season...

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