Travel

September 2019 travels

Some thoughts on Istanbul. A beautiful city by the sea. Old and new. Lots.of cats. People take care of them. Narrow streets, narrow sidewalks. Streets shared by single file cars, racing scooters and pedestrians. Dogs have tags on their ears.…

U.S. of A 2015

We had an incredible vacation in the US this past December. Visited Disneyworld, FL. Flew to San Francisco. Road-tripped from San Francisco to Yosemite National Park, then all along the Pacific Coast Highway. Stopped in Monterey, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles…

Roadtrip to TenAhead

We left Joburg around 09:30 on Wednesday. The drive felt relatively quick. I spent a lot of the time finishing up my chess game with paans while Carol did the driving. It was the first game that we drew and I…

TenAhead Day 3

We woke up relatively late, 08:30. Had a lovely breakfast then spent some slow time sitting next to the fire in the dining room chatting, drinking cups of tea and coffee. The wind was a little better than yesterday so…

TenAhead Day 2

The wind has been howling since the early dark morning hours. We planned on going horse riding today but decided to stay indoors with this ice cold wind blowing outside. It’s kind of cool not being readily able to communicate with…

TenAhead Day 1

I’ve been on this planet for 34 years today. I woke up early, opened the curtains to watch the sun illuminate the mountain landscape just outside our window. The lodge has thick stone walls making it quite soundproof. It’s a…

USA to South Africa

I loved this trip to the USA. It had been quite awhile since I’ve travelled on my own. I loved the freedom that comes with travelling, of not making plans, of going with the flow, meeting wonderful people, experiencing new…

USA – Day 23 -24 – NYC

28 May – NYC It was raining when I woke up on this morning. I didn’t plan much except to visit the Ground Zero monument (which I didn’t do), the B&H Photo Video store again to see if I should…

USA – Day 21 – NYC

NYC Day 21 Woke up early but left the apartment only at midday. Took the subway train straight to Brooklyn high street. Wandered around the promenade area on both sides of the Brooklyn bridge. Brooklyn heights and the dumbo area.…