MY BALI

Ek het onlangs die voorreg gehad om saam met my geliefde moeder deur Bali te reis. Soos die meeste van julle nou al weet, is die Google-ding nie een van […]

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Our travels have taken us many times to Mountain Zebra National Park in the Eastern Cape, and I have written often about it, so on this particular occasion I won’t […]

TOLHUIS OP MONTAGUPAS

Die historiese Tolhuis op die Montagupas net buite George is in 1847 gebou. Die padingeneur van die pas self was Henry Fancourt White. 250 gevangenes is opgelei as padbouers en […]

MOUNTAIN TRAIL INTO BAVIAANSKLOOF

We are not strangers to the Baviaanskloof valley, but we haven’t explored it for a long, long time. So we set out to put things right. Just under 200 km […]

CAMDEBOO-BERGE EN KAROOVLAKTES

Die afgelope jaar en ’n half het groot dele van ons land die wonderlikste reën gekry en die droogte is nou iets van die verlede. Die Karoo is groener as […]

FINLAND, THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

For five years in a row, Finland has ranked No. 1 as the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. As a Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher who studies the […]

SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA

To get into this incredibly famous cathedral designed (although not finished by) Antoni Gaudí, a Catalan architect from Spain, you first have to book a time slot. Then you have […]

REIS NA DIE ONBEKENDE

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Baie mense het vervaard rondgekyk toe ek genoem het dat ek en my suster na Armenië, Georgië […]

THE HISTORY OF MOSAICS

With the Muse Festival and its abundance of creativity around the corner, perhaps a brief look at the history of mosaics might be in order. The history of mosaic dates […]

SCOTLAND – HASTE YE BACK!

Scotland is a small country, in square kilometres much smaller than the Western Cape and at its narrowest point a mere 38 km. Although public transport is efficient and easily […]