by 2summers | Jun 23, 2021 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips
I recently spent two days with Joburg Tourism exploring different places around town with a small group of lady bloggers/influencers. It was a strange time to embark on this journey, right as the city plunged into a third covid wave, but the event was planned weeks...
by 2summers | Apr 26, 2021 | Free State, Lodging, The Blogitects
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 a stopover town for the ninth night. I wanted to find an unusual town...
by 2summers | Apr 21, 2021 | Johannesburg, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
In my recent post about the Chilli Pepper restaurant, I briefly referred to a mine dump at the end of Immink Drive in Diepkloof, Soweto. The big hill in the background is a mine dump. Another look from further down the street. Like many Joburgers, I’ve always...
by 2summers | Apr 12, 2021 | #10SouthAfricanTowns, Eastern Cape, Food and Drink, Lodging, Museums and Buildings, The Blogitects
Last year, before the pandemic, I started a campaign called #10SouthAfricanTowns. I planned to visit ten small towns all over South Africa during 2020. Bathurst, 20 kilometers inland from Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, was one of the first towns I put on the list....
by 2summers | Apr 6, 2021 | Free State, Lodging, The Blogitects
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 town and the Royal Hotel was one of the quirkiest guesthouses I’d ever stayed in. I...