Travel – South Africa

Saturday Snapshots #119

December 4, 2010

  Delicate purple  – Johannesburg, March 2008 No, I don't know what kind of flower this is, but I do know that it grows in South Africa… which is appropriate, seeing as I landed here today for a week's holiday with my family. This is part of a series of non-food photographs that will be [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #105

August 28, 2010

Africa's warmest welcome – O.R. Tambo Airport Johannesburg, December 2008 This is part of a series of non-food photographs that will be published every Saturday on CookSister – all previously featured  photographs can be viewed on the Saturday Snapshots compendium page.  All photos featured in Saturday Snapshots are available to buy as high-quality greeting cards or prints in my RedBubble [...]

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Irene Dairy Farm, Gauteng

August 8, 2010

I always find long-distance air travel to be a totally surreal experience.  For a start, you spend 12 hours in a metal tube kept aloft by sheer force of good engineering, at a cosy temperature of 22C while the air on the other side of the wondow is about -34C. And then there is the experience of boarding [...]

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Tintswalo Atlantic Lodge, Cape Town

August 2, 2010

This is the conversation that transpired as I was dashing out of the front door to meet some friends on a recent trip to Cape Town: NICK:  "Remember – you have to be back at four thirty!" JEANNE:  "But I thought we were only going to meet G for sundowners, and you know the sun doesn't set [...]

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Belvidere Manor, Knysna

June 21, 2010

South Africa's Garden Route coastal road between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth is over-endowed with all sorts of things – natural beauty, exceptional beaches, outstanding restaurants, and a myriad of towns where visitors can stop, stay and find novel ways to occupy themselves.  I have recommended dozens of restaurants, B&Bs and other activities over the [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #95

June 19, 2010

Fairview bored doe - near Stellenbosch, South Africa 2008   One of my favourite wine estates in South Africa (and probably the one I've visited most often) is Fairview.  Part of the reason is the fact that they have been making cheese on the farm for years and have a cheese tasting room right next to the [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #94

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The faces of Africa – Cape Town, February 2008

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