{"id":296,"date":"2026-11-06T23:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T19:07:36","slug":"south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/en\/archives-en\/south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: my first solo trip to Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_124122-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20130803_123731-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">CAPE TOWN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fantastic city, my first step towards myself. And my first solo trip in what felt like a thousand years. This city opened up to me. In every street I walked, I read its words, its wounds, its joys and its life. Its lights rocked me and softened my sorrow. I walked aimlessly towards the harbour. I wanted to see everything, feel everything, discover everything and hold these magical moments in my hands. It was a feast of wonderful moments&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-related-title\">Further reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list vf-related\">\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/en\/voyagedefemme-com-en\/\">travelling alone after bereavement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/en\/2026\/10\/26\/letting-go-travel-lighter\/\">letting go while travelling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/index.php\/en\/who-am-i\/\">find out who I am<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE TOWN A fantastic city, my first step towards myself. And my first solo trip in what felt like a thousand years. This city opened up to me. In every street I walked, I read its words, its wounds, its joys and its life. Its lights rocked me and softened my sorrow. I walked aimlessly &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":293,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions\/391"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voyagedefemme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}