My first time experiencing South Africa as an American tourist was by road trip along the Garden Route – and it was a whirlwind of mini-adventures and important realisations.
On day one, I piled into a minibus with my stuffed hiking backpack along with all 14 US colleagues. We had just moved to Cape Town from North Carolina for four months to take up internships and to study, so we dedicated a week to exploring the country before we began working.
Ready to roll early in the morning,…