This is the Wild Coast

Doesn't this just shout out Wild Coast to you? A winding dirt road, rolling hills dotted with huts and villages and a beautiful rugged coastline second to none. If you have never been there to experience and see this for yourself, then you really must make a plan cause you are missing out.The photo was taken on … Continue reading This is the Wild Coast →

Empty beach in winter

Pollok Beach, empty on a winters morning except for the guy in red way in the background

Golden morning

In Afrikaans there is a saying, "Die môrestond het goud in die mond" which is the same as "The early bird catches the worm." The Afrikaans one has more relevance to this picture.

Stadium view from the beach

You know how it can happen that you see something every day without registering that you've actually seen it. A good example is a fading sign outside a building. You don't always realise its faded until somebody points it out to you and you have a proper look. Well, I think the view of the Nelson … Continue reading Stadium view from the beach →

Afternoon rainbow

Its been a cold and wet week with close to a 100 mm of rain that has already fallen. Friday saw a break in the clouds before the next cold front hits us for what seems to be a wet weekend. On our way home yesterday afternoon the KidZ spotted a full rainbow streaking across … Continue reading Afternoon rainbow →

I made the newspaper today

I am very stoked today after being featured in an article in the Afrikaans newspaper, Die Burger. It's actually the second time I make the paper in two weeks after the article about the launch of Travel Massive Port Elizabet last week. This article is about me though and my blogging along with the fact … Continue reading I made the newspaper today →

Transkei landscape

The first time I traveled through the old Transkei in the Eastern Cape I could barely keep my eyes on the road. The rolling hills covered in villages broken up by communal grazing for cattle, mielies fields and other vegetable patches just had me mesmerized. For most travelling to the Wild Coast the actual coast is what … Continue reading Transkei landscape →

Sunrise at the Cape Recife Lighthouse

The start of another day, photographed on a cold winters morning at Cape Recife

Calling for #AnimalRightsInTourism

Today the documentary Blood Lions gets release and to coincide with that, travel bloggers from all over South Africa decided to put their voices together to call for #AnimalRightsInTourism. Blood Lions put the focus on the canned hunting industry which has direct links with places offering lion cub interaction. Does people who get to play with lion … Continue reading Calling for #AnimalRightsInTourism →

Brickmakerskloof bridge

After the flooding that took place in 2006, the old bridge at the bottom of Brickmakerskloof was washed away. After what felt like years (perhaps it was), work started on the new bridge. Visiting Bridge Street Brewery for the launch of Travel Massive last week I snapped this pic of the "new" bridge. Long not … Continue reading Brickmakerskloof bridge →