We are coming to the end of this trip and I shall very soon run out of words to say about it. Phew, you say. But before I do, just some...

Like most people the reason I have heard of Robben Island is because it is where Mandela was imprisoned for the majority of the time he...

Nope, not the film. And not me and six of my mates either. But very possibly a new target (for when I have been to all 50 US states). Of...

A newspaper article in the 1930s referred to Cape Town as the world's only true metropolis, from the Greek "meter" for mother, and...

Well, that was meal and a half. Actually probably worth about 4 meals. Or if just judged on quality, perhaps ten. This was just the...

If there is anyone out there that has read them all, you deserve a medal! And, unless you are unlucky enough to be married to me, you are...

Hard though it was to tear ourselves away from our last "game" experience, we had yet more things to look forward to. Well, at least this...

Of course, around here, the ubiquitous aloe vera plant, valued for its medicinal properties (by humans and animals) and its succulent gel...

Well, the Robberg Peninsula didn't disappoint. In fact the opposite - what had been billed as a reasonably easy 6km stroll actually...

I'm almost (but only almost) embarrassed to tell you this is the view from our room at the Robberg Beach Lodge in Plettenberg Bay, as I...

Not many words from me today. Not many needed. The pictures hopefully convey some of the sheer wonder of this place. We have been on...

The quote above is an approximation of something our guide, Henk, said, when asked if they ever intervened in the lives of the animals....

Oh, where do I start? I'm not wishing to turn this entire blog into an essay on South African politics, but its impossible to see the...

Or better known as Soweto We thought long and hard about whether or not we should visit. Our government and the global media would have...

of a democratic and free society in which all persons live in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live...

Hello everyone! It's at least four months since my last trip so it must be time to go and see somewhere else in the world. As a very...