Pop-Up Travel: Addo Elephant National Park
I visited Addo Elelphant National Park about a year-and-a-half ago as part of a blogger trip to Port Elizabeth. Addo is one of South Africa's largest national parks and one of the best places in [...]
I Climbed the Highest Mountain in Zimbabwe
Apologies for the lag in posting lately. My trip to Zimbabwe was a month ago and I'm just writing about it now. Last month I traveled to Zim with Ray's family to celebrate his [...]
Mystery Photo: Where Did I Take It?
I spent the weekend in a beautiful, exotic place. Here's a photo that I took there. Any guesses as to where I was? In reality, it's impossible to keep secrets in this digital age. [...]
Jozi Top Fives: The Best Parks in Town
In the second installment of my "top five" series, I present my five favorite parks in Joburg. An editor once asked me to review a description of Joburg for an expat website. The description [...]
Zip-lining Through the Magaliesberg on an Autumn Easter Weekend
Nearly four years after my move from America to South Africa, I'm still disturbed by holiday season-inversion. Celebrating Christmas in summer is surreal, and I will never adjust to my July birthday -- which used to [...]
Charged by a Dassie in Fourways
Fourth in my series of Sandton Snapshot posts, leading up to the publication of SandtonPlaces. Read posts 1, 2 and 3. This past weekend I went to Fourways, the northernmost Joburg suburb. I know what you Jozi city [...]
A Beautiful Hike in Golden Gate (or, a Near-Death Experience in Golden Gate)
On New Years Day, my friend Michelle and I paid an impromptu visit to Golden Gate Highlighnds National Park. We were staying nearby in Clarens and thought we’d check out the park, which I’d heard [...]
My New (Almost) Favorite Jozi Park
This week, while poking around the Illovo/Melrose area for my SandtonPlaces research, I wandered into James and Ethel Gray Park: a city park just off the M1 highway in the small suburb of Birdhaven. Sunset dog-walk [...]
Vic Falls Do’s and Don’ts: Zambia Edition
Read parts 1 and 3 of this series. I recently took a short holiday to Victoria Falls, based from Livingstone, Zambia. Other than booking a B&B, I did virtually no research or preparation before arriving [...]
Victoria Falls Teaser
Read parts 2 and 3 of this series. I just got back from a quick trip to Victoria Falls and the surrounding area. I visited three countries in four days, saw some of the [...]
Luxury Weekend in the Waterberg (or, I Am So F-ing Lucky)
I am so f-ing lucky. I am so f-ing lucky. I am so f-ing lucky. This mantra drifted through my head (with a few letters added), over and over, during the two days I spent at [...]
I Saw a Leopard in Pilanesberg
The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is an unusual place. It borders Sun City — a glitzy, Vegas-like resort in South Africa’s Northwest Province. Pilanesberg is small by African game park standards, and Pilanesberg’s animals were [...]