Category: Guest Houses/Hotels/Travel
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Pottering in Paternoster
Why did Paternoster end up on my bucket list ? I am not sure. I have read much about it in the travel sections of the newspapers over the years. The description of a one road town with some fine restaurants near the beach probably captured my brain’s eye. It…
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Cuisine Cruising in the Cape
It’s not often we spend a full week in the fairest Cape, but we did in May, with four days in the Cape Town area and then a drive up the West Coast to Paternoster for the weekend. Eating out is what it’s all about when away: new restaurants, new…
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Jozi Interrupted
As summer crawled into autumn and crawled into winter I haven’t been out and about much in Johannesburg. So, deciding to brush the cobwebs off, I decided it was time for us to go plane ‘shooting’, we picked up our cameras, jumped into the car and headed off to O.R.Tambo…
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Gotta Get Out to the Bush
It’s been a tough year. The concrete jungle of Johannesburg clogs one’s brain eventually, and the desire for some breathe of bush air becomes intense. We decided to choose somewhere new. Somewhere not too far away, but far enough for us to feel refreshed. Leeuvenhof in Limpopo called. While driving…
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The Zambezi Captured My Heart
There has always been one pre-requisite to going to the falls on the Zambian side, and that was to sit on a deck by the Zambezi River and watch the animals, dine or have a sundowner. When I was treated to three nights at Thorntree River Lodge my dream came…
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OUTandABOUTinFranschhoek
I was spoilt. I was given a present. Off to Franschhoek I flew. Grabbed a car. Checked into Franschhoek Country House and Villas (FCHV). I have never spent much time in Franschhoek in the Western Cape, South Africa. I think I had lunch there and a walk around the Huguenot…
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Tripping The Roads Fantastic
We love road trips. The cameras are ready and driving is shared and we visit new, out-of-the-way places getting to taste new foods and sleep in new places. Our trip around the Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal was planned awhile back. My better half is the ‘route expert’ so guest…
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