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Geez, these malaria pills are supposed to make us drowsy, and we’ve never slept worse than on the nights we’ve taken them. . .
We woke up around 6:00am to get to the airport on time. Our two flights were uneventful, and the pilot on the ComAir flight into [...]

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Again, we woke to a rainy and gray day. We had already decided that this would be a Down Day, as we are about to head into the more, ahem, adventurous part of this trip. We lolled around the casita until we each departed for our various [...]

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No furry animals of any sort to greet us this morning. We enjoyed another veranda breakfast, then sat on the patio reading about more years of solitude, and the latest Fair Lady, for an hour or so. We looked at the recently vacated cottage #6, and as [...]

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Upon waking, we opened the curtains to discover a large, furry housecat (part tabby, part tiger) on our patio table. When Milton then went into the bathroom, the cat climbed in through the window grate. Since we were missing our Max, we bonded with Paddington, as we [...]

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We enjoyed a leisurely morning and light breakfast before heading off to our 11am chiropractor appointment, for our mid-trip tune up. We had ascertained beforehand that the doctor had been trained in the U.S., but were surprised when we walked in and found that he was in his [...]

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Enjoyed a leisurely morning, then feasted at the buffet of plenty, dining outdoors in the perfect warmth with a nice breeze.
We then drove to Stellenbosch, about 25 minutes away. The town is delightful — a college town (the largest and best Afrikaans Kollege is here) with [...]

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We awoke to a gray, rainy day with clouds so thick we couldn’t see across the street. We dined at their breakfast buffet of plenty (offering serious competition to our beloved Alvear), then met Chanda, our 35 year old guide for the day, who bore a striking resemblance [...]

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No weird dreams from our mefloquin, maybe next time. Milton left after breakfast to see a dentist for a slight toothache he’d been having (certainly no emergency, but we won’t be home for over three weeks, and will be getting progressively further away from reliable medical care). [...]