29 March 2011, flight KL743, Amsterdam – Lima A new diary, a new trip to a new continent. I feel very very fortunate to be able to make this trip AND to make it together with one of my best friends. I’m in the KLM flight from Amsterdam to Lima and yes I am a [...]
It’s so great to live in Cape Town because there’s so much to do in and outside of the city. Within about 1 hour from the city centre you can have: wine lands, beach, mountains, lovely villages and open spaces. Darling is such a quaint village where we rented a self catering cottage last weekend, [...]
The Manta Resort, Pemba Island, Tanzania, beautiful, real, unpretentious, away from the masses, tropical island life, relaxed! 22 February, 22h00 We arrived! And it was worthwhile the trip. We already agreed on that after having arrived for half an hour. The Manta Resort is situated on the northern coastline of Pemba Island, Tanzania. It is [...]
My first Gautrain experience, OR Tambo – Sandton, 21 February 2011 I was so excited that I finally had the opportunity to check out the Gautrain. Today Meetings Africa was held at the Sandton Convention Centre so I flew in from Cape Town to attend this conference. Because I’m flying early tomorrow morning again to [...]
How do you enjoy the Mother City responsibly? What are your favourite places and experiences? This is one of the questions of how you can become involved in this Responsible Tourism week from 14 – 18 Feb. Send your experiences to: media@capetown.travel. What a great question! And it will be difficult to stick to the [...]
We always get VERY happy when we receive invites to come to the wine lands. This time I actually didn’t know that we were going on the Big 5 safari and that we were going to have a picnic as well. I thought, we just go for a site inspection and introduction of Extraordinary Travel.Upon [...]
Last Saturday I had such a lovely morning here in my own Cape Town. I hadn’t done it for a long while: just getting lost in the streets of the city centre. Well, not exactly getting lost, but just strolling the streets without any particular plan in mind and exploring new places. The day obviously [...]
What a treat it was! Yesterday I went to La Mouette for lunch. Finally!! The place looks beautiful, the service was friendly and the food was delish. I should have only just ordered a starter but I couldn’t really help myself and had to order main course and desert too. Starter was still the best: [...]
Last w-end I was so fortunate to be invited to a wedding in this beautiful nature reserve. I had visited already twice over the last few years and I think De Hoop is one of the most special areas in South Africa. It is well known for being the best land based whale watching spot [...]
Last Tuesday I was invited to join a day of fun in the sun organized by Land of Legends from KwaZulu-Natal. I only heard about it last minute so I had no idea what the day was going to bring, except some delicious food and wine. We were all welcomed at the lovely Vineyard Hotel [...]
To escape from the busy city life we decided to take a day off and join a safari @ Inverdoorn Game resort, only 2.30 hours drive from Cape Town. Getting there at 10 o´clock is just enough time to enjoy a nice cup of coffee or tea until the safari starts. Before we actually went [...]
Porcupine Hills Guest Farm – between Franschhoek and Hermanus Weddings in South Africa are always a great excuse to go away for the weekend. They never happen next door and you don’t want to end up driving in the middle of the night. A dear friend of mind go married last weekend in the Elgin [...]
This week was INCREDIBLE!! Just a quick not to say that AMSTERDAM ROCKS!! I come here every year and always stay about a week in Amsterdam just to catch up with friends and enjoy the beautiful city. This week was different. For the first time I planned a full week of meetings with incentive agencies, [...]
Going up the long drive way is definitely impressive when you enter this spectacular wine estate. The WoW Factor is def there!! Check www.delaire.co.za for stunning pics. Somehow I forgot to take pictures of the estate, probably because I was in awe!! The restaurant is beautifully decorated with African arts and features a MASSIVE fire [...]
Jeez!! What a match and I was in the stadium AGAIN, here in Cape Town, just down the road from where I live! I can’t believe it how much I love this soccer world cup and how much I am involved in all of it. Of course, to start with, it helps that I’m Dutch [...]
Just to say a quick ‘hello’ for my blog readers. Have been out of touch BUT for a very good reason. I’ve spend the most awesome time during the first 3 weeks of the FIFA World Cup. I had the wonderful opportunity to host Heineken and their clients from The Netherlands, 90 guests in total. [...]
Just got back from dinner at Maze. Was on my list for quite some time. Had tried Nobu already last year which was outstanding and now me and my friend, Paul, from Holland ended up in the One&Only before he had to get back onto the plane to Hollland. I must say, when walking into [...]
This blog is long due so let’s get on with it. The beginning of May I was invited to go on an educational trip to the Big Game Parks of Swaziland. These are: Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, Hlane and Mkhaya. I was so excited that this trip was organised because until now I never had stayed [...]
Finally I made it to this stunning place that has been on my to-do list for at least the last year. It’s not a place to go to if you a last-minute weekend-planner because it’s fully booked all the time. So I was pleasantly surprised when I phoned last Monday and managed to get in [...]
This country just doesn’t stop to surprise me with all the beautiful spots to be visited. To be honest, I only had visited Vergelegen in Somerset West and was looking forward to visit a new winey. Well, not really new, but new to me. We already heard that the write-ups of the restaurant were very [...]
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