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‘I’ve seen a lot of cities, but none as beautiful as Cape Town. Honestly, how do you beat a city that wraps around mountains and is framed by coastline? If there something more impressive out there, do let me know.”<\/em><\/p>\n

-Kristin Addis of bemytravelmuse.com<\/p>\n

Many share similar stories. They woke up one day and decided enough with the ordinary, quit their jobs to travel the world full-time and blog about it. They don’t claim it’s easy and many of them run businesses that require attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They eat, sleep, dream travel and everyday is an adventure. Welcome to the lives of top international travel bloggers where no day is ever the same.<\/p>\n

Travelstart caught up with 9 top travel bloggers to quiz them about their thoughts on travel to South Africa. In no particular order:<\/p>\n

1. Travel Muse Kristin Addis of bemytravelmuse.com<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Courtesy of Kristin Addis via Instagram<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin gave up her life as an investment banker in search of adventure and freedom. She runs a successful travel blog going her own way and giving in depth advice from first-hand, off-the-beaten-path experiences. She says: “I’ve seen a lot of cities, but none as beautiful as Cape Town. Honestly, how do you beat a city that wraps around mountains and is framed by coastline? If there something more impressive out there, do let me know.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Which is your favourite South African city? “Port Elizabeth”<\/em><\/p>\n

She says the most underrated, hidden gem in SA is: “The Eastern Cape including the Karoo and the wild coast”<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Melvin B\u00f6cher of\u00a0Travel Dudes<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Courtesy of Andrew Brauteseth at Guy with Camera<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Melvin is an incredibly successful travel blogger and founder of Traveldudes, onlineROIcalculator, COO of iambassador and creater of award winning marketing campaign Blog Ville.<\/p>\n

Melvin’s favourite South African city: “Cape Town”<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s the most underrated thing about SA: “The friendliness of the people.”<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Kach Medina Umandap of Two Monkeys Travel Group<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Kach Medina Umandap from the Philippines and her fianc\u00e9 Jonathan Howe from the UK met in the romantic town of Luang Prabang in Laos. They’ve been travelling the world together for a couple of years and are getting married in December of this year with an impressive bucket list<\/a> they’re planning to get through before then.<\/p>\n

They’ve worked as Eco Farm volunteers, yoga teachers, massage therapists, volunteer waiters, hostel receptionists, Kach worked as a marketing manager, Jonathan worked as a proof-reader for Coursera and they run the successful Two Monkeys Travel Group website full time.<\/p>\n

We caught up with Kach Medina to ask: “which South African city is top of her wish list?”<\/p>\n

Kach Medina: “Johannesburg<\/em>”<\/p>\n

What activities would she like to do while in SA?<\/p>\n

Kach Medina: “Bungee Jump at Bloukrans, go on a real 5 star safari, visit the African penguins at Boulders Beach, hike up Table Mountain and 4×4 up Sani Pass ending up at the highest pub in Southern Africa.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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