by 2summers | May 5, 2024 | Europe
When my friend Michelle, with whom I traveled around Spain during my recent European trip, first suggested we should check out the Picos de Europa, I had the same response that you might be having: the Who de What? Naranjo de Bulnes (center) is the most famous...
by 2summers | Mar 7, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves
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...
by 2summers | Mar 30, 2016 | Free State, Joburg Weekend Getaways
A few weeks ago Ray and I spent three days at the Drakensberg Mountain Retreat, on the northern edge of the Drakensberg Mountain range near the border of the Free State and KwaZulu Natal. The lodge is frequented by a herd of wild horses. Wild horses are pretty much...
by 2summers | Feb 12, 2012 | Emotions, Swaziland
There was a time when I didn’t believe in fate. I used to think life was one big coincidence. Then I came to Africa and changed my tune. Five years ago, if I had visited a psychic and she had predicted where I would be today, I would have laughed in her face and...
by 2summers | Nov 7, 2011 | Parks/Nature Reserves, Western Cape
Part 3 of a 3-part series about the Cederberg Heritage Route. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. When I left off, my travel companions and I had spent a magical evening in the village of Hugel-Bugel (a.k.a. Heuningvlei). We awoke early the next morning for the final...