Last year when I was visiting my sister in Cape Town during her own Semester at Sea voyage, we didn’t stop sight-seeing the entire six days we were in the Western Cape. This time was different, as I had to work much of the four days there after my weekend away in Langebaan. Each morning [...]
Photo Friday: Tsaarbank, South Africa
October 28, 2011 By 26 Comments
Are you sick of South Africa yet? No? Good. It seems silly perhaps, but even though my first visit to South Africa was only 18 months ago, I’m pretty sure my blog has more posts dedicated to the country than any one place. But what can you do? It’s not my fault South Africa is [...]
Photo Friday: Cape Peninsula, South Africa
October 21, 2011 By 36 Comments
After our extremely relaxing weekend on the West Coast, we returned to Cape Town, where I worked the following three days, pretty much from 6:30am until late afternoon daily, before going out somewhere delicious to eat each evening. (South Africa does a lot of things right, but at the very top of that list is [...]
By the Sea, By the Sea
October 12, 2011 By 34 Comments
When we picked Langebaan as our South African weekend destination, I didn’t honestly know what we’d do there. Strike that; my plans actually were twofold: to eat good food and catch up on so many nights of missed sleep. So the fact that the area might very well be one of the more beautiful places [...]
Beach Retreat in South Africa
October 10, 2011 By 18 Comments
After we left Yzerfontein, it was another half an hour up the road to our weekend destination. We got off the R27 and headed inland to the sleepy little beach town of Langebaan. And sleepy it was. While there are 7,000 permanent residents in the general area, the population triples during summer months—usually. We were [...]
On Safari: African Cats
March 23, 2011 By 29 Comments
I had heard the spotted cats were particularly difficult to see on a safari. After our luck with lions, I didn’t want to get my hopes up. Surely we wouldn’t see all of your typical game park animals in just four days…or would we? Despite my concerns, on the first morning’s drive, we stumbled upon [...]
On Safari: King of the Jungle
March 21, 2011 By 21 Comments
On safari in South Africa last spring, we were lucky enough to see one rather docile lion on our very first game drive. We thought that might be our only lion sighting, which more than satisfied us; as safari first-timers, we had few expectations. Little did we know what was in store for us the [...]
The Garden Route: Paddling to the Indian Ocean
February 28, 2011 By 26 Comments
Before I get to today’s main attraction, I have a little announcement to make… Yay! Appropriate timing, as the announcement was made during the Oscars—I gave my own acceptance speech inside my head (…or not)—and I’ll keep this brief but just wanted to extend a huge THANKS to every one of you who voted and/or [...]
The Garden Route: Baboons Take to the Tee
February 21, 2011 By 10 Comments
After leaving our new monkey friend behind in Plettenberg Bay, we headed back down the road an hour to Knysna. Here, we finally took a bit of a breather following 10 days of activity and rushed travel without pause. After spending the night at Pezula Resort—a five-star coastal sanctuary where big names like Roger Federer [...]
