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Kevin the Dog Walker – Part 2
Kevin's story starts - here. The next part of Kevin’s story I uncovered by accident. On his Refugee Permit, I saw his address was listed as an orphanage. Which turned out to be in Johannesburg. I contacted them and they were most distressed to hear one of their...
Holidays
Gloucester Fortnight
YHA Welsh Bicknor The background to our fortnight in Gloucester was that we were booked to do a raw food (which is a NOT cooking) course there. My husband had seen Deborah Durrant at the 2013 London Vegfest and signed us up to do her hands-on Feast program. The course...
Agulhas National Park – South Africa
My decision to start a travel blog in 2010 has landed us a few perks. The most recent, was an invite Our bus by SANParks to stay at the brand new chalets at Agulhas National Park which is the southern-most tip of Africa. The meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic...
Boating in Holland
Boating in Holland - Zwartsluis, Hardewijk and Naarden For my advice and tips on planning a boating holiday - click on this link. Our first year on our boat was all about getting to know her. Make her our home. Our second year, we First day was rain and more rain...
Brighton England
What to do in Brighton - 2014 Beach huts on the Promenade My husband has a 90 year old aunt who lives in North London. We go across to visit regularly. She loves having us come over. She also doesn't love having us around. She's lived alone her entire adult life. She...
York England
Traveling in York - 2014 Gates to York The main reason for us heading up to York was because my other half is a serious model railway enthusiast. Our coffee table at home houses tracks and locos. The whole setup actually works. Lights go on and his trains move around...
Oystercatcher Trail
Oystercatcher Trail South Africa - 2014 Ana's Place Mossel Bay Where do I start with the Oystercatcher Trail? Firstly I’m ashamed to say I’d never heard of it. Apparently National Geographic rated it as one of the top trips of a lifetime in 2007 AND in 2008. BBC...
Travel Tips
Top 5 must sees and sunsets
View of Ritz Plaza Hotel and Sea Point area The usual top five must-sees in Cape Town are:- 1. Table Mountain Park and cable car 2. Robben Island and V and A Waterfront 3. The Cape Peninsula and Cape Point 4. Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens 5. The Winelands...
Crime statistics
View from Table Mountain In my last blog I was waxing about how incredibly wonderful South Africa and South Africans are. Funny thing is, the rest of the world don't see us like that. I can't count the amount of times after I was asked where I was from, people would...
20 Top Money Saving Travel Tips
There was a lady from SA, who stayed three nights in Galway She contracted an affliction, that altered her diction And now she converses in a strange Irish way. Guess who went through county Limerick in Ireland? For today's blog, I thought that I would share some of...
Eating out and tipping, vegetarians, what to do with bad service
Where to eat? I am a very fussy eater. Don't do meat. Don't do junk food. And I want good prices. But I manage to eat well and achieve all that. The three "fast" food chains I support are Simply Asia - stir fries and green curries, Osumo - fresh juices, wraps and...
I live in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. Lucky me.
The original slant of this travel blog was where to go and what to do in Cape Town, but now I write about our other travels.
We have a boat in Europe and plan to cover the inland waterways over the next decade.