Archive: Aug 2014
Welcome To Reunion Island: The Video
I’ve had the opportunity to visit Reunion Island twice this year and I have to admit that I have fallen head-over-heels in love with this small, diverse island. Located in the Indian Ocean, just about 2000km’s from South Africa and right next to Mauritius, Reunion Island is basically the peak of a massive volcano that […]
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A Birthday Weekend In Elgin
Other than a trip to India, the best birthday present a girl can get is having (a few of) her friends together for the weekend. A whole weekend of friends! It’s not easy to find a spot that can accommodate 10 people at the very least, but a friend of mine offered us Bear Trap […]
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The Sounds of Soul & Surf Mornings
waves crash a crow squawks and again cicadas ring in my subconscious a single bird chirps a palm leaf broom swishing back and forth on concrete in the distance children laugh shout hindi a motorbike chuggs past far away a horn beeps repeat a murmured conversation in french the slap of flip flops padding across […]
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Discovering Knysna at the Knysna Oyster Festival #KOF2014
I love oysters. They are my favourite thing to eat (well, tied in first place with risotto and mashed potato) so when I was invited to spend a week at the Knysna Oyster Festival, I was ecstatic. The Knysna Channel, taken from Featherbed Nature Reserve It was only once I arrived, that I realised the […]
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