{"id":6534,"date":"2014-11-13T07:13:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2014-11-13T07:13:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T15:13:16","slug":"visit-langa-gugulethu-townships-lunch-mzolis-meat-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/11\/visit-langa-gugulethu-townships-lunch-mzolis-meat-place\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to Langa and Gugulethu Townships, and Lunch at Mzoli’s Meat Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

a plan B that should have been plan A<\/h3>\n

no, i wasn’t originally going to do a township tour. as interested as i am about other cultures and ways of life, i was never comfortable with what i perceived to be the zoo-like ways of these excursions, and i’ve always been a bit hesitant\/scared\/chickenshit about being “forced” to interact with locals (township or ritzy resort, all the same). i made a reservation to do a Cape Point tour and see the cute penguins<\/a> instead. unfortunately, after waiting 40 minutes for my tour pickup at a local hotel, i discovered the agency i booked it through didn’t actually confirm the booking with the tour provider. it was an honest mistake (she sent their email to me instead), so i don’t hold any grudges.<\/p>\n

i quickly tried to think of what to do and remembered that a new tour started up last month in association with the red double-decker CitySightseeing company, the LaGuGu Township Tour<\/a>. i took the bus downtown to the pickup point, bought a ticket, and off i went.<\/p>\n

best decision of the week.<\/p>\n

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So no Cape Point and penguins for me. Going to do a township tour; forcing myself to step out of comfort zone. pic.twitter.com\/vMEPrBfBY3<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) November 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n