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The road between Cape Town and Knysna is, at first glance, 500km I'd like to get through as quickly as possible. When you're heading out to the Garden Route for ...

Sometimes I think we get so wrapped up in work and life in the city that we lose sight of what makes us human. We sleep as little as possible, ...

The last week of January was a busy time in Stellenbosch. It was harvest season and all around town and in the vineyards people were working tirelessly to pick and ...

In November last year, my friend Lauren Fowler-Kierman and I were invited to experience a unique trip with Open Africa, a non-profit organisation that curates routes through Southern Africa. Their ...

I step out of Roland Garros International Airport and the humidity immediately creates a small halo of curls around my hairline. It’s not my first visit to Reunion Island, but ...

Santorini is by far the most beautiful town I have ever seen. It's like walking in a postcard. Like being part of a painting. It's impossible not to photograph it ...

I'm in Namibia! My friend Lauren was scheduled to pick me up on Tuesday morning at 4:30am. At 5am I woke up with her knocking and shouting at my front ...

Freshly back from Greece -well, I haven't showered yet after 24 hours of travelling, so maybe "fresh" isn't the most accurate description- I am home for a few hours to ...

We've come to the end of our amazing two week trip to Greece and it feels like we've experienced and seen so much! I'm sure I've put on about 20kg's in ...

You know when you start planning a trip and it's months and months away and it seems like the time to board the plane will absolutely never come and then ...

For a long time, Paternoster on the West Coast was my favourite weekend escape. The white-washed beach houses, long sandy strip of idyllic beachfront and shimmering blue-green waters are what ...

A couple of weeks ago, Keenan and I were invited to spend a romantic night away at the Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa, just outside of the city. We absolutely ...

Tiny blossoms are beginning to bring little flecks of colour back to the stark branches we’ve seen all winter. There’s a touch of spring in the air and with it, ...

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 ...

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 ...

waves crasha crow squawks and againcicadas ring in my subconsciousa single bird chirpsa palm leaf broomswishing back and forth on concretein the distance children laughshouthindia motorbike chuggs pastfar away a horn beepsrepeata ...

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 ...

You couldn't miss an adventure on Reunion Island if you tried. As if driving on the wrong side of the road, combined with the French's love for traffic circles isn't ...

I was shaking and could barely speak (which for me, is truly a sign of something being very wrong). I was concentrating hard on just breathing and not fainting. It ...

It’s lunchtime and the drum beat of a traditional Maloya song crackles through the radio as I take a sip of fiery Charette rum. A cat cheekily jumps onto my ...

I've never quite been able to fully comprehend the term "whoop for joy". I've read it in books and stories and I know that it generally means to bubble over ...

I have only just surfaced after returning from Reunion Island on Thursday last week and I'm busy going through all my videos, pictures and thoughts to start telling the stories ...

I recently had the opportunity to visit the magnificent Reunion Island for a week. If you don't know where it is, don't feel weird. Surprisingly, it's only a 4 hour ...

It's no secret that I think the Cape is incredible in summer and in some ways, even better in winter. Less traffic, no wind and phenomenal winter prices that make ...

There's something about the bush that can make a weekend away feel like a week-long holiday. Maybe it's the enraptured stillness that falls over the group when game is near, ...

In 2013 a lifelong dream came true when I got to visit the country of my heart, India. I spent three weeks in Mumbai and Kerala and looking back over ...

Last weekend I woke up early on Saturday morning and decided that what Keenan really needed, was a surprise. I love surprising people I love and while he was asleep ...

There's one festival I've been longing to go to for years and have just never gotten round to... A festival that celebrates good food, sport, family the beauty of nature ...

I'm in Reunion Island right now for a week of sightseeing, people meeting and food eating. We arrived on the island early last night after flying via Johannesburg and Mauritius ...

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to visit one of my favourite places in South Africa for the weekend. The Whale Coast is just one of the most ...

I think I’ve successfully convinced you that Stellenbosch is the place to go for food and wine in South Africa (and also the world). I’ve listed eight of the places ...

Just past Hermanus on the Whale Coast, about 2 hours from Cape Town, lies the magical Grootbos, a five star lodge build amongst ancient milkwood trees and indigenous fynbos. The ...

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you'll know that I've been on the road, from Cape Town to Hermanus to Stellenbosch with the #Stellenblog campaign.Hermanus from the skyWhat ...

Over this past long weekend, we took a road trip out along the Garden Route up to Nature's Valley, where my friend Roxy was getting married. We left early on ...

It might not seem like it, with the recent heat waves and the seemingly endless "last of the summer sunsets" Instagrams, but winter is definitely on its way to Cape ...

One of my favourite things about travelling, is reminiscing once I get back home. Rummaging through slips and pamphlets collected along the way. Looking through photos. Remembering. It's been four months ...

An Australian friend I met while I was in India last year recently contacted me, asking if June/July was a good time to visit Cape Town and what kind of ...

In November 2013 I spent 3 weeks in India, exploring Mumbai and Kerala. This wouldn't have been possible thought without having filled out a india visa online application and making ...

It's going to take me a while to process my thoughts and to write down the stories that I have from India. I recently spent three weeks in this incredible ...

This year was a year of extreme highs and lows. New people, new places, a new job. It was a year of growing up, gaining independence and learning a lot ...

I recently had the opportunity to fly around the Peninsula in a helicopter and test out Garmin's new VIRB camera with NAC Makana Aviation. On a perfect day, with perfect ...