by 2summers | Jan 10, 2024 | Limpopo, Parks/Nature Reserves, The Blogitects
Mapungubwe National Park was the second stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our first and third stops. I’ve been procrastinating on this post about Mapungubwe National Park because I don’t know where to start. Mapungubwe, which is...
by 2summers | May 4, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Museums and Buildings, Parks/Nature Reserves, USA
I’m back in Joburg after a month-long trip to the U.S. — my second American journey in 2023. I spent most of this trip dealing with administrative and family issues, spending time in the same places I normally go: Maryland (and a little time in Washington,...
by 2summers | Mar 28, 2023 | Eastern Cape, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves, Roadtripping, Western Cape
Read Quirky South Africa Part 1, about padstals, and Quirky South Africa Part 2, about Bethulie and the Gariep Dam. I was talking to some South African friends about my visit to the Garden Route recently, and one of them said: “Maybe this is a dumb question. But...
by 2summers | Jun 3, 2022 | KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves, Roadtripping
Before reading this post, read Part 1 of the Blogitects’ Excellent (Mis)adventures. Thorsten and I woke up early on Friday morning, eager to explore the Kosi Mouth beach and estuary. Amangwane Camp sits right beside the entrance to the nature reserve, run by...
by 2summers | Mar 23, 2022 | Johannesburg, Parks/Nature Reserves
I hadn’t planned to blog about the cosmos flowers in Delta Park this year. I’ve already done so multiple times: Once during my #Gauteng52 series and once (very memorably) right before South Africa’s covid-19 lockdown began two years ago. But I went...