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Cycling Tour Through Diepsloot

Cycling Tour Through Diepsloot

by 2summers | May 8, 2018 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements

Diepsloot is one of those places, like a lot of other Joburg places, where people are afraid to go. A Diepsloot street. Diepsloot, which means “deep ditch” in Afrikaans, is a huge informal settlement in the far northern outskirts of Joburg; in fact, it is...
Discovering South African Food in Alexandra Township

Discovering South African Food in Alexandra Township

by 2summers | Jan 25, 2017 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Sandton and Surrounds, Townships/Informal Settlements

If you browse through the food-related posts on this blog, you’ll notice that most of them are written about food from places other than South Africa: French, American, Mexican, Indian, German, Chinese. But what about South African food? Traditional South...
Katlehong Stories: Storytelling in a Johannesburg Township

Katlehong Stories: Storytelling in a Johannesburg Township

by 2summers | Dec 13, 2016 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Townships/Informal Settlements

Pulane Malatja sits straight-backed, ankles crossed, wearing a short black dress and a red plaid head wrap. A gauzy scarf covers her knees and a notepad sits in her lap. Pulane apologizes as she puts on her reading glasses. She’s just had an asthma attack, she...
A Walk Through Alexandra Township

A Walk Through Alexandra Township

by 2summers | Aug 11, 2016 | Johannesburg, Sandton and Surrounds, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements

A couple of weeks ago I took a walk through Alexandra Township, aka Alex, as part of an event sponsored by an Alex-based tourism company called The Hub Presents and a travel networking organization called Travel Massive. I’ve been to Alex many times but I never...

Township Sunday. On a Bike.

by 2summers | Mar 21, 2013 | Johannesburg, Tours, Townships/Informal Settlements

Michelle and I arrived at the Marlboro Gautrain Station, on the edge of Alexandra Township, at 10:30 Sunday morning. Jeffrey, our guide, was waiting for us on the curb. “Who wants to get the taxi?” Jeffrey asked. I volunteered Michelle. Michelle stepped to...
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Heather Mason

I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.

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  • Blogging Through the Second Wave January 11, 2021
  • Sunrise Over 2021 January 7, 2021
  • Wonderboom, 2.0! December 26, 2020
  • Visiting the Voortrekker Monument on the Day of Reconciliation December 18, 2020
  • Quickie Restaurant Review: Anong Thai in Cyrildene December 15, 2020

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Kingston Frost Park, which I wrote about today alo Kingston Frost Park, which I wrote about today along with a bunch of other things about the pandemic, rising anxiety levels, etc. Link in my profile. #discoverjoburg #brixtonjhb @brixtonbeautiful
Obsessed with these V-shaped aloes at the far east Obsessed with these V-shaped aloes at the far east end of @thewilds.jozi. #aloes
A few more shots from my recent New Years holiday. A few more shots from my recent New Years holiday. I’ve just published a blog post about it, along with some thoughts about my personal life and life in general in 2020 and 2021 - see link in my profile. 📸 @thethinking_hand
Joburg Instagram is already full of double rainbow Joburg Instagram is already full of double rainbow shots tonight and mine is definitely not the best one. (Check out @ryanlenora ‘s!) But I had to jump on the bandwagon anyway. #doublerainbow🌈🌈
Still life for prohibition times. #wine #southafri Still life for prohibition times. #wine #southafrica
Back from 7 days in the wilderness. 📸 @thethin Back from 7 days in the wilderness. 
📸 @thethinking_hand
New Years Day 2021 on the South African highveld. New Years Day 2021 on the South African highveld. #southafrica
New Years Day sunrise series, shot between about 4 New Years Day sunrise series, shot between about 4:45 and 5 this morning — ‘straight out the camera,’ as the South Africans say. I had never seen a more neon-orange-pink sky before. The real drama was over 20 minutes before the sun rose. #sunrise #southafrica
🐓🐓🐓 for sale. #southafrica 🐓🐓🐓 for sale. #southafrica
Full moon the night before last. #southafrica #ful Full moon the night before last. #southafrica #fullmoon
Farm life. #southafrica Farm life. #southafrica
Holidays. Holidays.
I just published a blog post about the Wonderboom I just published a blog post about the Wonderboom Nature Reserve - an underrated city park in Pretoria that I recently visited for the first time in ten years. Link is in my profile. Also check out the Wonderboom sketches by @thethinking_hand 🌳🌿🌳🌿
Christmas Eve sunset show. Christmas Eve sunset show.
Raindrops on roses, etc. Raindrops on roses, etc.
Happy holidays from this green and yellow aquaponi Happy holidays from this green and yellow aquaponic tomato canopy on the rooftop parking deck at Eastgate Shopping Centre. 💛💚 📸 @dizzylexa #urbanfarming #discoverjoburg #thisistheeast
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