by 2summers | Aug 15, 2016 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
I was in a speeding car with three other people, careening toward the Orlando Towers — a decommissioned-power-station-turned-entertainment/adventure-center — in Soweto. “I wonder if they’re going to make us bungee?” someone asked....
by 2summers | Dec 10, 2015 | Reunion Island
Sorry for the delay in my final #GoToReunion blog post. I can’t believe my Reunion Island trip was two months ago. (Where has the time gone?!) I was delayed because it took me a while to figure out how to cobble together my shaky video footage from our Reunion...
by 2summers | Oct 20, 2015 | Reunion Island
I’ve just returned from a weeklong trip to Reunion Island with six other blogger/writer/photographers, as part of a camapign called #GoToReunion. We experienced so many amazing things during those seven days; by the end of the week I was already struggling to...
by 2summers | Oct 9, 2015 | Reunion Island
I’m a strong believer in limited exclamation point usage, which is why the above exclamation point appears in parentheses. (I underuse exclamation points but I overuse parentheses, as you can see from this sentence. Go figure. Every blogger has her own...
by 2summers | Jun 20, 2015 | Eastern Cape, Parks/Nature Reserves
We round a bend and there it is: a metal gate with a sign for Dwesa/Cwebe Nature Reserve. Finally! I was starting to feel like we’d never make it. Now we’ll have just enough time to get to the beach before sunset. The smartly dressed park ranger, a stout...