My Top 5 Moments in the Great State of Maine
Given this week’s political nuclear bomb blast, it feels like a weird time to publish a light-hearted post about my recent (pre-election) jaunt through the United States. But I’m hoping you’ve have had enough of the U.S. election horror show —...
Two Days in St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal
St. Lucia, the tourist town along South Africa’s northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coast — not to be confused with St. Lucia the Caribbean island — has near-mythical status among South Africans. The town is completely surrounded by iSimangaliso Wetland...
The Blogitects Roadtrip to Augrabies Falls
As mentioned previously, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. “the Blogitects”: one blogger + one architect) recently got back from a roadtrip to the Northern Cape to celebrate my 50th birthday. I had never properly explored the Northern Cape, South Africa’s...
Hunting for Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind
I recently learned a bonkers statistic: Around 40% of all of the hominid fossils ever discovered were unearthed in the Cradle of Humankind. In other words, close to half of all the known fossils from our human ancestors — in the entire world — came out of...
Hiking the Drakensberg’s Spectacular Tugela Gorge
The Drakensberg Mountains fly under the radar in South Africa’s tourism scene. Everyone goes to Cape Town and the Kruger and the Garden Route, but the Drakensberg doesn’t often make it onto that “must-see” tourist itinerary. Even I’m...
Heather Mason
I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.