African Brew Ha Ha: tea for two in Mauretania

Brew Ha Ha: a trans-Africa tea tour

Alan Whelan's dream of trans-African travel and his love of tea coalesced into one idea: stopping for tea with people he met along the way from Cairo to Cape Town. And keeping the used tea bags, for a project that uses this throwaway item to create gifts that are sold around the world.

My South African Story

I am a Swiss lady of 63 years. I left Switzerland - this wonderful, clean and well-organized country - in 2000. It was too narrow-minded for me, and I emigrated to Spain. I lived at the Spanish coast six long years, until I decided to book a 2-week holiday in South Africa.

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I went to Cape Town during March

At the hotel when I was at reception, there was an Indian man who was talking about how he's in Cape Town for 2 days (he's in the Navy from India) and how all he really wants to see are penguins and other animals - he's never been on African Soil before ...