Moyo at Spier – The ultimate buffet lunch

I remember the first time I went to Spier Wine Estate after Moyo opened thinking that it so doesn't fit in with Spier and it surroundings at all. But just walking past the outside and going inside to experience it are two totally different things and after having lunch at Moyo's the other day I have so changed … Continue reading Moyo at Spier – The ultimate buffet lunch →

The old Cape Point Lighthouse

Cape Point is a many historic tales and legends. In 1688 Bartolomeu Dias passed around the point in a storm without even knowing it and only got to see it for the first time on the return journey. He named it Cabo Tormentosa or the Cape of Storms. Its also off this point and coastline that the mythical … Continue reading The old Cape Point Lighthouse →

Twelve Apostles wine room

While having lunch at the Twelve Apostles Hotel, I took a walk around the restaurant between the starter and main meal to snap a couple of pics and stumbled on their wine room. Its not so much a wine celler, as you don't go down steps into a dark stone room full of vintage wine and … Continue reading Twelve Apostles wine room →

Atlantic Point Backpackers

When you mention the word "backpackers lodge" to anybody, most people would probably associate it with "dorms where youngsters from all over the world travelling with backpacks would sleep". If that was your answer as well you would partly be right. But only partly as you could also be totally wrong. Let me tell you why. Firstly, … Continue reading Atlantic Point Backpackers →

On two wheels amongst the vinyards – Segway tour at Spier

Visits to wine farms are normally associated with wine tasting, good food and historic buildings so wizzing around Spier Wine Estate on two wheels is something of a change. I'm not referring to riding a mountain bike though as the two wheels in this case are next to each other and not in front of each … Continue reading On two wheels amongst the vinyards – Segway tour at Spier →

5 star meal – Lunch at Twelve Apostiles

Its not every day that I get to have lunch in a smart place like the 5 star Twelve Apostles Hotel and looking at me in my Batman t-shirt in the last picture I clearly wasn't ready for it either. The Twelve Apostles sits overlooking the surrounding mountains and ocean on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard just a couple … Continue reading 5 star meal – Lunch at Twelve Apostiles →

Oak leaf dam

I don't do a lot of HDR, but I couldn't help but to play around with it on this photo a bit. The photo was taken at Spier Wine Estate outside Stellenbosch overlooking the dam by the wine tasting venue.

Chacma Baboons

At Cape Point there stands a little statue of a mother chacma Baboon with a baby riding on her back. Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus) are intimately associated with the Cape Peninsula and the Cape of Good Hope. Baboons inside the Cape Point section of the Table Mountain National Parkpark has become somewhat of a tourist attraction. Round … Continue reading Chacma Baboons →

The lighthouse at Cape Point

Cape Point may not be the most southern point of Africa as many people think, but it must be one of the most dramatic spots on the South African coastline. To get to the bottom Cape Point lighthouse one has to take a footpath along the point so most people just catch a glimpse of it … Continue reading The lighthouse at Cape Point →

What’s in a star (grading)?

What's in a star? Well, lets first see what is a star?a. A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are … Continue reading What’s in a star (grading)? →