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Impressions & Reflections

This page contains some of my impressions and experiences from South Africa. The 4 months I spent there was definitely one of the best times in my life: I experienced wonderful things and learned a lot - about South Africa, its culture and people as well as about myself. I wrote these texts within a couple of months within my return from SA, and so they reflect my impressions and my points of view at that particular time.

Additionally,feel free to read my blog which I wrote while in South Africa.

The trilingual English - Xhosa - Estonian mini dictionary/phrasebook (that's a unique combination of languages!)
Selected impressions - I've described some of my most memorable experiences from South Africa
Reflections on the newspaper articles published about my stay
Common stereotypes and misconceptions of different cultures towards each other - how people perceive Africa in Europe (more specifically, in Estonia) and how Africans (South Africans) see Europe & other observations

FAQ about braids and dreadlocks ;o) (something fun between serious pieces of writing)
Happiness in different cultures: what makes people happy and what does happiness depend on