Africa

    Barbed or electrified wire line most of the walls enclosing homes and businesses in and around Cape Town. Prison style bars block window access while metal gates are …

  I was spending too much time debating how to get up Table Mountain. The first rule on every advice list I read was not to hike alone, yet the …

    I met Christel on the flight from Doha to Jo’burg. I had the window seat and she sat to my right. Once I confirmed she was from South …

Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak (left) as seen from the waterfront. A boat so big it carries two other smaller boats and two helicopters! Camp’s Bay is the hangout of …

A benefit of spending so much time in Asia was the affordable accommodations. Single rooms with baths were the norm, and even if there were scorpions crawling around some of …

Lucinda (Australia) and I ate lunch at the V&A waterfront before boarding the ferry to Robben Island. We both opted to organize the trip as part of our township tour …

You don’t need to hang around Cape Town too long to see its affluent side. Tour buses regularly cruise through Camps Bay, the exclusive playground of the rich and famous. …

The Daytrippers van picked me up around 8:30am and we drove south along the Atlantic coast. The weather was perfect, cool with a warm heat radiating down from the sun. …

I awoke early to a beautiful day in South Africa. Normally it is not my style to book an activity for the day after my arrival in a country, however …

My proud place at the front of the immigration line only meant I received the news sooner rather than later, and by a none too pleased woman. The last time …

6:17 pm, Bangkok Airport   I was shopping till the bitter end! Impulsive. Wasteful? Not necessarily. Got a lot done today. Feeling a bit tired, but almost ready to go …

After 90 votes in my poll, and 40% of people thinking I should go to The Middle East after Asia, I’m happy to announce I’ll get there eventually. Why can’t …