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CAPE TOWN TOWNSHIP TOUR As a black African gentleman, a township does not fascinate me because I grew up in and around townships, I had friends in the township, I speak the language and I attended school in the township. So, the question was always going to be “What’s really there that I haven’t seen before …?” Or “What’s really there to excite me…?” For most of us it has become our way of live, more like we have accepted the situation… I mean, it’s normal. That was me late last year responding to my international guests' invitation to join them for a Cape Town Township tour, but as most of you already know from my previous blogs that I am an adventure junkie, I agreed because I had nothing to lose - They assured me that things are different when you visit a place you think you know as visitor or an outsider and with an open mind to learn. I remember we landed that morning at Cape Town International airport, our shuttle was already waiting for us, we were transferr