by 2summers | Jan 28, 2025 | Lodging, Mpumalanga, Parks/Nature Reserves
In December, the Blogitects embarked on an 11-day journey across Mpumalanga province (with a brief interlude in Eswatini). We spent the first few days in the southern half of the Panorama Route. Thorsten standing by the river next to the Lisbon Eco Lodge, where we...
by 2summers | Nov 18, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Parks/Nature Reserves
I’ve been dreadfully uninspired lately, struggling to think of anything I want to blog about despite having a long list of great ideas (many of which you, my readers, provided in September). I’m finding it hard to feel positive about life at the moment....
by 2summers | Sep 6, 2024 | KwaZulu-Natal
Our recent visit to St. Lucia was a stop along the way to the final destination of our KwaZulu-Natal road trip: Mtunzini, a coastal town off the N2 highway, where we spent five days hanging out on near-empty beaches and wandering through tropical forests. A kilometer...
by 2summers | Aug 27, 2024 | KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves
St. Lucia, the tourist town along South Africa’s northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coast — not to be confused with St. Lucia the Caribbean island — has near-mythical status among South Africans. The town is completely surrounded by iSimangaliso Wetland...
by 2summers | Jul 22, 2024 | Lodging, Northern Cape, Parks/Nature Reserves
As mentioned previously, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. “the Blogitects”: one blogger + one architect) recently got back from a roadtrip to the Northern Cape to celebrate my 50th birthday. I had never properly explored the Northern Cape, South Africa’s...