{"id":4534,"date":"2020-05-04T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?page_id=4534"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:02:30","slug":"south-africa-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/south-africa-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><br \/>\nOrganize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip, and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/photos\/table-mountain-south-africa?mediatype=photography&amp;phrase=table%20mountain%20south%20africa&amp;sort=mostpopular\">Table Mountain<\/a>, the animals of Kruger National Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/world-heritage\/robben-island\/\">Robben Island<\/a>, or beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capetown.travel\/headline-boulders-beach\/\">Boulders Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not a painter? Check out these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.360southafrica.com\/virtual-tours-of-attractions\/table-mountain\">360 views<\/a> of famous South African sites and monuments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick a film<\/strong><br \/>\nWatch a movie that relates to your destination. Some ideas for South Africa include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)<\/li>\n<li>Invictus (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Tsotsi (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study some history<\/strong><br \/>\nDive deep into the history of specific sites you\u2019ll visit on tour. Study the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/africa\/apartheid\">Anti-Apartheid Movement<\/a>, the rise of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nelsonmandela.org\/content\/page\/biography\"> Nelson Mandela,<\/a> or the historic World Cup games held in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose a book<\/strong><br \/>\nRead and discuss a book that takes place in your destination or describes the local culture. Pick from titles like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Long Walk to Freedom<\/em> by Nelson Mandela<\/li>\n<li><em>Selected Stories<\/em> by Nadine Gordimer<\/li>\n<li><em>Cry, The Beloved Country<\/em> by Alan Paton<\/li>\n<li><em>Coconut<\/em> by Kopano Matlwa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fill up your plate<\/strong><br \/>\nArrange a potluck and encourage your friends to bring a traditional dish from your destination. Know a chef? Hold a cooking class with your travel group, or consider a group outing to a restaurant that offers your destination\u2019s cuisine. Try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greedyferret.com\/perfect-biltong-recipe-south-african-beef-jerky\">biltong<\/a>, malva pudding, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondkimchee.com\/cape-malay-chicken-curry\/\">Cape Malay curry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbcgoodfood.com\/recipes\/bobotie\">bobotie<\/a>, or boerewors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn the language<\/strong><br \/>\nCall up a friend and practice your language skills. It helps to make flashcards with <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/africa\/south-africa\/articles\/18-south-african-slang-words-and-phrases-you-should-know\/\">common sayings<\/a> to use on the phone or throughout your travels (think about ordering at restaurants, buying souvenirs, and chatting with locals).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Africa has eleven official languages, including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, Setswana, English, Sesotho, Xitsonga, siSwati, Tshivenda and isiNdebele!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get creative Organize your art supplies and get painting! Pick a particular location you\u2019ll visit on your trip, and compare your artwork to photos of the location when you return. Consider painting Table Mountain, the animals of Kruger National Park, Robben Island, or beautiful Boulders Beach. Not a painter? Check out these 360 views of <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/south-africa-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4535,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4534","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4536,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4534\/revisions\/4536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}