Article: Hope and despair amid the beauty of South Africa.(The Seattle Times)

Byline: Jerry Large

I have to admit right off that I was nervous about visiting South Africa. I expected to see, hear or experience things that would anger me, and I really didn't want that. I was going as a tourist, not a journalist. I wanted to enjoy myself, but my main reason for visiting was to satisfy my curiosity about the place, or at least to attach something real to the images and feelings a distant following of events there had generated.

Travel isn't just about finding a nice beach or a gift shop or snapping pretty pictures. Sometimes people travel because they want to learn and to experience something different, and then maybe find a nice ...

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