Maps 4 Africa, the self-proclaimed first map store in Africa, is an African map and travel book wonderland. Go there before your next road trip.

The Carlton Hotel was once the glitziest hotel in Joburg. It's now been closed for two decades. Recently I managed to sneak a few pictures in the lobby.

The Global Cheese Company's Deliciously Greek Coffee Shop and Deli is hidden in an industrial complex near Edenvale. You won't find better haloumi anywhere.

I don’t normally write year-end wrap-up posts. I’m usually long asleep by midnight on 31 December. I don’t make New Years resolutions or …

The S-bend mural on Louis Botha Avenue connects the Joburg suburbs to the CBD, telling the story of the city's transport history as it goes.

The Melville Cat look back over his distinguished feline career on what may or may not be the day of his birth, 12 years ago.

I've chosen my list of the #10SouthAfricanTowns I'm going to visit in 2020. Here's a sneak preview. Also, I need your support to pull off this campaign.

Here are my top five recommendations on where to buy local South African and African gifts, especially African art, in Johannesburg.

On Sunday morning I watched Joburg's Bank of Lisbon Building implode, 14 months after the building was decimated in a massive fire.

The shot hole borer is a tiny beetle from Asia that is infesting and killing South Africa's trees. Here is some background information and tips to fight it.

Eating a green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico was a lifechanging culinary experience. Read more about green chiles and other great things in New Mexico.

Even though I travel all the time, I am terrible at it. Here are my top 8 tips on how to be a terrible traveler, especially via plane.