11 December 2009 Carne Restaurant in Keerom Street, CBD, Cape Town. WoW!! For the REAL carnivore what a treat! Everything was perfect, venue, menu, waiter (we love you Mike, we do!), except…..1 little thing, the seats of the chairs were quite small. Now, well, I’m not exactly a size petite but I think more people [...]
Yesterday evening I was invited to take part in an experience, organised by Coffeebean Routes in Cape Town. Coffeebean Routes proudly organises unique experiences, such as a Reggae tour or Story-telling tour in order for tourists to meet and interact with interesting characters in Cape Town and the suburbs. Our guide Jacques first brought us [...]
Last Saturday we already got a little taste of what’s summer is going to be like. It was HOT, blue skies, no wind and just absolutely beautiful. So time to get out and get onto that beautiful mountain of ours. You start from the parking lot at Rhodes Memorial. You COULD have a GREAT breakfast [...]
This morning my friend Liz and I were actually on our way to the Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset Wes, when we found out that THAT hike was not happening. Ok, quickly made a new plan to hike a bit closer and went to the Silvermine Nature Reserve. From Cape Town you take the M3 [...]
‘Walking to Malealea?’ Why? You whities can easily pay a taxi. Why do you want to hike all the way? It’s very far, you know. Or I can maybe give you a lift in my ‘bakkie’. The Lesotho locals think that we’re crazy to hike over the Maluti mountains from Moroosi to Malealea. 5am: Mick [...]
It had been on my to-do list for quite some time. But, as you know, living in Cape Town one can become very spoiled and traveling to Jo’burg is not something you do very often if you don’t need to. Although I must say, the better I get to know Jo’burg the more enjoy the [...]
Everytime I have to leave Cape Town for traveling, I have all kinds of rituals that I do before leaving this magic place. It feels like I’m homesick even before having left. Oh, I MUST have that last glass of Chardonnay with that special friend and oh yes, I must have a last look at [...]
Having family and friends visit from The Netherlands is always a good excuse to travel around new areas in South Africa. Madikwe Game Reserve, close to Gabarone (Botswana) had been on my mind for a very long time and finally, 2 weeks agao, I was able to visit, together with my parents and aunt & [...]
Finally it was time to hike the Madiba of Trails, the Otter trail. One has to make a booking a year in advance to get on this 5 day / 42,5 km long trail in the Tsitsikamma National Park. It doesn’t seem a lot but I promise you, 42,5 km in 5 days is more [...]
This beautiful game reserve, the oldest of South Africa, is an unknown gem to many foreign visitors. I was so priviliged to visit it again yesterday and I just want to shout it out: GO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THIS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PLACE! As big as 60.000 soccer fields, former hunting grounds of the Zulu kings [...]
Finally, here’s my story about a 2 week trip with 16 guests from The Netherlands. We started in Jo’burg and then made our way to the Blyde River Canyon, Krugerpark and one night in Swaziland. Then we flew to George we’re started traveling the Garden Route, wine lands and Cape Town. I thought my new [...]
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