Throwback to Rosendal, a Lesotho Stopover
In April 2025, Thorsten and I spent two nights in the town of Rosendal on our way home from Semonkong, Lesotho. This trip is seriously old news by now, but I'm blogging about it [...]
Towns of the Karoo: Philippolis
There's something special about a particular kind of tiny Karoo town. When I pull into one of these towns after a long drive, drop my bags, and sink into a chair on the stoep [...]
Quirky South Africa, Part 2: Bethulie and the Gariep Dam
As described in my previous post, my mom and I took a road trip from Joburg to the Garden Route and back. Along the way we stopped over in Bethulie for a journey through [...]
Jozi Getaways: Houseboating on the Vaal River
A year or so ago, at the height of the covid pandemic, I saw a friend's Facebook post about a weekend excursion in a houseboat on the Vaal River. She rented the boat from [...]
The Blogitects Spend a Night in Wild Wepener
I waited until the last minute before deciding where to stay on the last night of the Blogitect Road Trip. The first eight nights of the trip were meticulously planned, but I delayed choosing [...]
Back to Bethulie and the Royal Hotel
Six years ago, during a wild road trip in a van full of bloggers, I spent a night at the Royal Hotel in Bethulie. I was enchanted: Bethulie is a charming, tiny South African [...]
Phyllis Drives the Blogitects to the Eastern Cape and Back
Thorsten and I decided to take a long road trip from Joburg to the Eastern Cape, down through the Free State to the Sunshine Coast and back. We were super excited and had everything [...]
Must-Have Christmas Gifts From the Maluti Mountains
I went to Lesotho last week for a work assignment. I was in a rush on the drive there, but on the way back I took my time, winding through the Maluti Mountains and visiting [...]
Wild Horses of the Drakensberg
A few weeks ago Ray and I spent three days at the Drakensberg Mountain Retreat, on the northern edge of the Drakensberg Mountain range near the border of the Free State and KwaZulu Natal. [...]
Street Art in a Free State Township
I recently spent two days in Clarens -- a quaint resort town in the mountains of the eastern Free State -- as part of the MeetSouthAfrica local blogger trip. I've been to Clarens three [...]
I Ate South Africa
Seriously. I ate it all. I've been all over South Africa this month -- four provinces, seven cities/towns (I think), and more hotels and restaurants than I can count. I did a lot of stuff. [...]
Mandela Sets the World on Fire
Yesterday evening I arrived in Bloemfontein, a small city in South Africa's Free State Province, with a bunch of other bloggers and photographers. It was overcast and the city felt dreary. We checked into our [...]