SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town sits where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans converge, shaped by Khoisan, Dutch, British, Malay, and Xhosa influence long before it became South Africa’s legislative capital. It’s a city built on contrast – Table Mountain rising directly behind the harbor, colorful Bo-Kaap streets a few minutes from the old colonial quarter, and a food and music scene that pulls from every wave of people who’ve settled here.