Four Nights at Kruger Untamed
People often ask me for advice about where to go on holiday in or around the Kruger National Park. I'm always unsure how to answer because the options are endless. But I usually present [...]
Choosing Paint Colors and Tiles: The Blogitects’ Story
I recently committed (via Instagram Stories) to publish a blog post about choosing paint colors and tiles during our home renovation. I've since realized, now that I'm sitting down to write, that most of [...]
A Mid-week Escape to Magaliesburg: Sima Kade
Thorsten and I had been wanting to stay at Sima Kade Bush Retreat, an eco-lodge in the foothills of the Magaliesberg Mountains, for ages. It was on Thorsten's radar because of the architecture; Sima [...]
Three Beautiful Hikes in the Central Drakensberg
I've already written about our roadtrip to the central Drakensberg and how nice it was to unplug during our seven-day stay there. But I haven't yet told you about the spectacular hikes we took. [...]
4 Days at Santa Nature Reserve in Dullstroom
This is a quick photo story about a fantastic long weekend we recently spent at Santa Nature Reserve, a privately owned nature reserve/fishing estate in Dullstroom. Dullstroom is a tourist town in Mpumalanga province, [...]
Valentine’s Weekend at the Donkey Dairy
Last weekend, Thorsten and I celebrated Valentine's Day at the Donkey Dairy. This was kind of an accident; we generally don't go out of our way to recognize Valentine's Day as a couple. But [...]
The Blogitects Hike to Maletsunyane Falls
Back in April, the Blogitects took a long-anticipated road trip to the remote highlands of Lesotho to see Maletsunyane Falls. It was early April, after weeks of heavy rain, so the falls were overflowing [...]
Exploring Eswatini and the Barberton Geotrail
I’ve been to Swaziland many times. During my early years in South Africa, Swaziland felt almost like a second home to me. But I hadn’t been to Swaziland since it was renamed Eswatini in [...]
Four Years of the Blogitects
I was planning to blog about something else today -- I've been traveling in the U.S. and haven't posted for weeks and I have a ton of travel content to catch up on. But [...]
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Mapungubwe National Park
Mapungubwe National Park was the second stop on the Blogitects' Limpopo road trip. Read about our first and third stops. I've been procrastinating on this post about Mapungubwe National Park because I don't know [...]
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Magoebaskloof
Magoebaskloof was the first stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our second and third stops. As I mentioned in my previous post, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. the Blogitects) took a 10-day road trip [...]
The Blogitects’ Excellent (Mis)adventures in KwaZulu-Natal, Part 3
Before reading this post, read Part 1 and Part 2 of the Blogitects’ Excellent (Mis)adventures. After our double-tire-puncture fiasco, Thorsten and I were stranded at the entrance to the Tembe Elephant Park (about an hour from [...]