Category: Guest Houses/Hotels/Travel
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A Palace Like No Other
The Palace at the Lost City, Sun City, North West Province in South Africa is a hotel where you go for indulgence and pampering with some baboons and monkeys thrown in for good measure. A fortieth birthday present for my best friend from Dublin, who had been pining for years…
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Back to the Bush
A mere 50 minute flight from OR Tambo International, or just on a five hour drive, to Kruger Park Lodge, Hazyview, Mpumulanga, transports you from the concrete jungle of Johannesburg to a wild spot that simply takes your breath away. The bush creates its own life and love. We love…
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The Diamond in the Hills of Addo
A birthday breakaway that I had been pining for… not hidden, not shy, but sitting proudly atop the beautiful hills overlooking the Sundays River Valley Addo region, near the Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Hitgeheim Country Lodge truly meets everything you heart could want. Accommodation that…
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Take a Nap on the Far Side of Life
Normally I am quite good at researching guest houses and accommodation, but in the last month or so I have have had my ups and downs,until a wedding called me down to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Selfishly not being too keen to book into the wedding venue, I researched nearby alternatives,…
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Restaurant Roaming
It is no secret that I like to eat out, often. A road trip long or short is not a road trip without a meal somewhere along the way, just to stop and smell the burger so to speak. 2016 offered many outings to beautiful places, some new and some…
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Flap Flap I love It
I love everything about air travel. The airports, the duty free, the airline lounges, the quick food, the slow food – everything. After steering myself through passport control, and avoiding basket collisions in the duty-free, I always head off to the airline lounges. I love the sandwiches, the salads, the…
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Eating Out is a Luxury… But I Need It!
I need comfort food, regularly. Working from home leads to solitude, so one needs to bolt the horse carriage and get out into the open air even if it is polluted with corpspeak! I have heard of food ‘institutions’ just down the road from where I live, one of them…
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