Every month I organise a day outing for XL members & families. Yesterday we went to a San culture and training centre, just 1 hours drive from Cape Town. The San (also known as Bushmen) are the first people of Southern Africa. They used to be hunter-gathering people but in more recent decades they mostly [...]
Yay!! Winter has definitely kicked in in Cape Town. Lots of rain, snow on the mountains inland and restaurants offering fabulous deals for all the locals. Yesterday I had another wonderful evening with first some delicious pasta with wild mushrooms & Parma ham at Andiamo’s + a glass of Merlot, for 2 people: ZAR 99. [...]
Oh, this is such a favourite thing to do on a Saturday morning. I don’t go often enough but when I go, I ENJOY! Last Saturday I met a friend for breakfast at the Old Biscuit Mill Market. My usual routine is to be there quite early, between 9h – 9h30 because it tends to [...]
Just a quick note to say that I had a nice & productive time over the weekend in Durban at the tourism Indaba, the 3rd biggest tourism conference in the world. It’s always such a well organised event and I just enjoy connecting and chatting to many people that I don’t see throughout the year. [...]
I almost forgot to write about our little get-away after Easter! My friend Fiona and me spend 4 nights on a farm just outside Greyton, about 2 hours drive from Cape Town. Greyton is really of-the-beaten-track and for those that really just want to relax, drink coffee in the local cafe and mingle with the [...]
YES! The wonderful secret season in Cape Town has started. Although it will not be secret anymore for a long time because I share it now with you! Winter is about to begin and restaurants & guesthouses offer great value for money. Weather might not always be great but for example today, we had a [...]
On such a FABULOUS day as today, one should take advantage and be OUT in nature. So yes, finally, I went for a hike again. After all family and friends visiting I now have some time again to go hopefully on some more hikes. I had never been up to Elephants Eye so it was [...]
Oh, how wonderful was the Easter weekend! We had STUNNING weather, sunny, no wind, up to, I think, about 28 degrees and yes, even me, I spend 2 days at the beach. WoW! In summer I can hardly bear the heat but last weekend I just looooooved the sun. I felt like an absolute beach [...]
Who would have ever thought that I would spend a family holiday in the ice cold Austria while I could be in the sun in Cape Town? I certainly didn’t, but I did and I enjoyed! What a beautiful place it is. We had a magical week of 1 meter of snow, blue skies, nights [...]
Hey hey, new look to the wordpress dash board. Not sure how to change the fonts. Would love to use my favourite one, Verdana. Anyway, last weekend I had my second surfski class in Fish Hoek. WoW! Everything went SO much better than the first time. I couldn’t believe it. I managed to stay on [...]
Yes, last weekend I was very active and into all kinds of activities. Hiking is one of my favourite things to do, almost sacred to me. The mountains around Cape Town and the peninsula are just magic. So last Sunday I joined 2 of my hiking buddies, Dave & Sean on another amazing hike. Although [...]
Last Saturday we had the most stunning weather in Cape Town and we hoped Summer now finally has begun. So I happily joined my friend Rika for a surf ski class on Fish Hoek Beach. The drive from Houtbay to Fish Hoek is a pleasure on it’s own. WoW! Do we live in a stunning [...]
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 [...]
Last Saturday I did another stunning hike at that magic mountain of ours, Table Mountain. This time we hiked up to the cable car via India Venster, not an obvious route. We met at 8h30 at the lower cable station. As it was the first hot summer day in Cape Town, there were many people [...]
Finally, I saw the beautiful wild flowers here in South Africa. Every year, August / September, are the months to admire the wild flowers. We drove up to the West Coast National Park, only an hour’s drive from Cape Town and entered the Postberg Nature Reserve. It was a stunning Sunday, beautiful sunshine, so the flowers [...]
I spent a weekend on Table Mountain hiking the Orangekloof trail – and it was amazing – 5 girls, 37Kms, great views, stunning sunsets, wonderfull fynbos and of course the very important Chocolate and red wine. Now thats the way to get back to nature. Looooooong time ago I had booked for the Orangekloof Hiking [...]
It’s only 9 days that I was writing my last blog. SO many things happened since the 9th of August. First of all, the wealth dynamics experience was absolutely mind blowing. I didn’t expect anything less. For those of you who would like to learn more about Wealth Dynamics, you can do a [...]
9 August 2008, Hong Kong, Harbour Plaza City Resort WOW!! We’re in Hong Kong. It’s so unreal. I really have to keep pinching myself to believe that I’m in this amazing city. Everywhere you look you see high rise building, roads, trams, shopping malls and sometimes you see a mountain through the fog. We arrived [...]
20 July 2008, Rustig Toko Farm, Kamanjab, Namibia Weltevrede was ok. We were not completely blown away by the service but the rooms were quite nice, the sun set was stunning and the hot showers were very much appreciated. The food in the evening was also quite nice. The staff was not trained [...]
6 July 2008, Le Mirage Desert Lodge & Spa, Namibia This will be my first attempt to start a useful blog for travelers. Being in the travel industry since 4 years, I think it’s about time. My passion is travel and in particular for the Southern African region. My vision is to bring 5 000 [...]
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