Did you know that the 3rd biggest canyon in the world is located in South Africa, The Blyde River Canyon? A beautiful area to spend some time. Views from God’s Window, Wonderview are fantastic. Lovely villages like Graskop to unwind and have a great meal. The Graskop Hotel is a wonderful place and they exhibit [...]
After roughing it just a little bit in Lesotho we went back into South Africa. It’s amazing how the scenery immediately changes although the areas are right next to each other. I guess it’s like going from The Netherlands into Belgium. Although you don’t expect it to be different you immediately notice that it’s not [...]
Did you know that Lesotho is the country with the highest lowest point in the world? Everything in this mountain kingdom is at least at 1000m above sea level, even the lowest point. A lot of people are scared off by travel agents, NOT to go into Lesotho. I’m saying: you’re missing out if you’re [...]
The newly build Cape Town stadium came alive yesterday with a deafening sound of thousands of vuvezala’s. No announcement could be heard but who cares about announcements anyway? The heat of the sun was something I worried about more. Aj, I was SO hot. Box 119, not a good one for a match in Summer [...]
Morning! I just come back from a short walk on Hout Bay Beach. How I love this place! It MUST be one of the most beautiful places in the world and definitely in South Africa. The lovely bay with the breathtaking Chapmans Peak Drive on one side and the quaint harbour on the other side.The [...]
Last weekend was one of those STUNNING Cape Town weekends where you just want to be outside and spend as much time in nature as possible. Luckily we had organised to go hiking in the Cape of Good Hope area, about an hours drive from Cape Town city centre. Boy, how blessed are we to [...]
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 [...]
One of the beautiful perks of having a travel company, is being invited by all these wonderful establishments to come and stay when you give them guests. Because I made a big booking for during the World Cup at Constantia Uitsig I was invited to come and stay last week for dinner, bed & breakfast. [...]
Only opened a few months ago so it was time to go and have a bite to eat to check it out. Reading on the web I found different reviews, from fantastic to horrible so let’s see what we have to say. I like going to places that are not so obvious. So to go [...]
A blog doesn’t always need to be about something hip, hot and happening, right? In my blog I just like to share all these special places in South Africa and mostly in Cape Town, where I like to spend time and that are special for me. One of my favorite spots to go to is [...]
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 [...]
The Whale Trail is one of the slackpacking trails in South Africa, running through a World Heritage Site, The Cape Floral Protected Region. It is one of the most beautiful hikes I’ve ever done. Whales, Dolphins, precious fynbos, great bunch of hikers, fantastic accommodation and even 2 days of sunshine! What more to ask for? [...]
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 [...]
And what a lovely day it was! Together with my friend and her mom we first drove to Riebeeck Kasteel. The weather didn’t look great for the day but road trips in South Africa, I simply LOVE! Afterwards we heard that Cape Town had been quite horrible, pouring down, so we were happy we left [...]
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 [...]
Finally I did some hiking again today. It’s been quite a while but today was the perfect day. Not too hot and beautiful sunshine. The plan was to start from Suikerbossie, go up Table Mountain from the back side, traverse the plateau and then down via the Llandudno side. And what a hike it was! [...]
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 [...]
After an absolute gorgeous day yesterday in Jo’burg, I arrived this morning in Amsterdam. How exciting! I was so looking forward to this trip. Many things planned for these 2.5 weeks in Europe. It’s going to be SO much fun AND good for business as well. It began with spending the day with my family [...]
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 [...]
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