Switching Off in the Drakensberg
Last week, Thorsten and I went on holiday in the Drakensberg. View of Cathkin Peak, a famous mountain in the central Drakensberg, from the patio of our friend's holiday house. "On holiday" [...]
4 Days at Santa Nature Reserve in Dullstroom
This is a quick photo story about a fantastic long weekend we recently spent at Santa Nature Reserve, a privately owned nature reserve/fishing estate in Dullstroom. Dullstroom is a tourist town in Mpumalanga province, [...]
Throwback to Rosendal, a Lesotho Stopover
In April 2025, Thorsten and I spent two nights in the town of Rosendal on our way home from Semonkong, Lesotho. This trip is seriously old news by now, but I'm blogging about it [...]
Mammals and Birds of Botswana’s Animal Kingdom
I've already written two posts about my September road trip to Botswana (see here and here). And while those posts are full of tips and information about Botswana and how to get there and [...]
Botswana on a Budget: Driving to the Okavango Delta
Recently, I told you about my September visit to Planet Baobab in Botswana. But I didn't explain the larger context of our Botswana journey, so let me back up a bit. Many months ago, [...]
48 Hours of Magic at Planet Baobab, Botswana
Bless me, dear readers, for I have sinned. It's been more than two months since my last blog post. Yoh, guys, it's been a year. Anyway, things are finally looking up. I've just returned [...]
The Blogitects Hike to Maletsunyane Falls
Back in April, the Blogitects took a long-anticipated road trip to the remote highlands of Lesotho to see Maletsunyane Falls. It was early April, after weeks of heavy rain, so the falls were overflowing [...]
Towns of the Karoo: Nieu-Bethesda
At the end of my recent trip through the Karoo, after a stopover in Philippolis and an Inventure in the desert, I spent two nights in another tiny Karoo town: Nieu-Bethesda. A kilometer or [...]
Towns of the Karoo: Philippolis
There's something special about a particular kind of tiny Karoo town. When I pull into one of these towns after a long drive, drop my bags, and sink into a chair on the stoep [...]
A Comrades Marathon Spectator Survival Guide
Last weekend I drove to KwaZulu-Natal to watch the 98th Comrades Marathon, a.k.a. The Ultimate Human Race. The Comrades was a “down race” this year, meaning it started in Pietermaritzburg and proceeded “down” to [...]
Greylene the Suzuki Jimny Conquers Sani Pass
After I moved to South Africa in August 2010, my very first cross-border trip was to Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Although Mokhotlong is right next to Sani Pass, we didn’t have time to drive it on [...]
An Inventure in the Great Karoo
17 May 2025 The day starts with walking across the freezing river in the dark with bare feet and a head lamp. Fuck this shit, I think, as we toil up a nearly vertical [...]