We recently went on a two-week-long road trip through six of South Africa’s nine provinces. The first thing to remember when planning a road trip is what you eat on your way to your destination. In South Africa, we call this padkos. Directly translated, it would be road food. Padkos is an essential element of …
In January 2016 I went to Cape Town for a work trip. During this work trip, we stayed at the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town. Location The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is in the Gardens area of Cape Town. This area is about 20 minutes from Cape Town International Airport. Within walking distance from …
This post contains affiliate links. If you buy anything after clicking on any of these links, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. When we were in New York City, we bought the New York Pass since it includes so many attractions for free or at discount prices. We went on …
One of my all-time favourite trips was my solo trip to Switzerland. I spent the first two days in Switzerland exploring Zurich and surrounds and then part of the second day exploring Basel. Then I had to do a bit of work for a few days (the actual purpose of the trip:-)). Afterwards, I decided …
Singapore is an expensive city, particularly for hotel accommodation. And even more so when you come from an emerging market country like South Africa with a (usually) weakening currency. Although we try to limit our accommodation costs when travelling, neither of us are big fans of dorm rooms in hostels. We could still accept a …
After the work part of an overseas trip was finished, my partner joined me in Amsterdam for a few days in Europe. We met at Amsterdam Central station. It was a rainy and cold spring day in Amsterdam. It was quite miserable to be outside. Since we only had the one day in Amsterdam, we decided to make …