Eastern Cape (Category) - 25 posts

At the end of my road trip through the Karoo, I spent two nights in the tiny, quirky town of Nieu-Bethesda -- famous home of the Owl House.

I spent five days on an Inventure in the wilderness of the Great Karoo, disconnecting from all devices and reconnecting with myself.

Last weekend I attended the life-changing National Arts Festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), sponsored by Standard Bank Arts.

Part 3 of my Quirky South Africa road trip series covers our drive through the Garden Route, staying in Storms River and Plettenberg Bay.

During our weeklong road trip through South Africa, Mom and I spent two days visiting Bethulie and the Gariep Dam.

My mom and I did a lot of quirky things on our road trip through South Africa. But the main quirky highlight was all the padstals we visited.

Thorsten and I spent a few days on Route 72 -- in Port Alfred, Kasouga, and Kenton-on-Sea, during our Blogitect Road Trip.

After many years of yearning, I finally visited the Big Pineapple in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, last month. It was well worth the wait.

One year later than planned, I finally made it to Bathurst -- one of the small South African towns I've been most excited to visit.

Thorsten and Heather, aka the Blogitects, rode Phyllis the Ford Ranger FX4 on a nine-day road trip from Joburg to the Eastern Cape and back.

I spent a weekend at Samara Private Game Reserve and saw more cheetahs up close and personal than I'll ever see again. Plus one aardvark.

Two weeks ago I left Joburg on a road trip around South Africa, in a van full of bloggers and Instagrammers. We went lots of places in that van, and ate lots of …