The locals have been raving about the Saturday morning market and advised me to go so I did. I got there around 8am and was surprised by...

There's a small town, possibly a village, in between George and Knysna in the Cape province called Wilderness. I used to think of it as...

Gratitude and grateful.  I'm feeling it today.  In spite of feeling oddly tired and spaced out. But the concept of gratitude is only one...

The scene was set for an early morning run, then a possible trip on the Outeniqua Power Van train. Then my friend realised that we had to...

In my first phase of my World Tour of South Africa in Durban, I caught up my an old friend from the Vaal, who now lives in Ballito. It...

February is a month full of birthdays for me and today my friend had hers. She came down from Johannesburg to start her new year at the...

Another lovely day spent in this beautiful part of the world. I managed another run and went a different direction to see the sea at the...

Spending time in one location means that this travel blog can be a series of boring diary entries.  Today could have been seen as a...

I woke up to more loadshedding and gloomy weather so was curling up for another round of sleep when I suddenly remembered that I had a...

It was strange waking up to an 'empty day'. But the realisation that the fan was off meant that our loadshedding was still in effect. I...

Last night's Ghost walk was fantastic and it was only in retelling some of the stories today that I realise just how much information we...

My day started early when I woke at 4am and realised that I had to walk down the narrow train passage to the loo. I tried not to make too...

This morning I managed a run and it was fun. I've been consciously not running so I could give my back spasm a chance to properly heal so...

I woke early this morning again asking myself two questions. Where am I? What day is it? And then I adjust the curtains to check the...

I left Sutherland with intentions of stopping at the British soldiers' cemetery outside the town but once I drove away from my Whitehouse...

Today I woke up thinking I needed to rush. Then I remember that I have another night in Sutherland. I saw the pretty dawn light...

When you see the Southern Cross for the first time... I'm dizzy. Literally staggering around the bnb. I put it down to keeping my head...

I've been on the road for a week tomorrow. It feels longer. It's also 2 weeks since my dad died. That feels even longer back. A part of...

Matjiesfontein and I might have met a few new maatjies too. I had booked this tour with the fantastic historian Dr Dean Allen and I was...

This is bit out of my routine writing today's blog, today instead of tonight but I am in a place with very limited signal so I thought I...