Tag: photography
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Last Day of Holiday
After breakfast at the hotel the next morning, I walked the grounds in the drizzly rain and felt like I had been transported back to Reading, England circa 1990, when I attended university there on a study abroad program. I could have spent the better part of the day wandering the grounds and hiking, but…
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Oribi Gorge
Today’s agenda: Before we took off, I walked the grounds and took some final pictures. I found a swing and thought, If you come upon a swing, you must have a sit. And I did, feet sailing out over the little pond. We drove up to Oribi Gorge, stopping first at the Leopard Rock cafe…
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Mnyameni Gorge
I woke up early this morning and laid in bed listening to the birdsong. The mesh windows were open on both sides of my room allowing for gentle breezes to enter the room and my view was out the back French doors to the deck and beyond to the trees around the lagoon. When I…
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Weekend Update
Saturday began with tea while grocery shopping, though my favorite barista wasn’t there and this one made my dirty chai very dirty!! Back home, I watered plants and tried to set up Alexa while my landlord, Slie, and the handyman, Sergio came. Sergio took the whole oven out and replaced the part he’d been waiting…
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Hopping On and Off in Cape Town
If there’s one thing I love to do when I travel, it’s to take a trolley or bus tour on the first day and get the lay of the land. I did just that today, with the Red Line of the City Bus Tour, leaving from V & A Waterfront Park. People often assume the…
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Some Finer Details
The weather in Cape Town is quite unpredictable. It can go from sunny to cloudy to drizzly to stormy and back again in a matter of hours. It is also quite windy here, except in the bays protected by the mountains, like Camps and Clifton and Bantry. On Beach Road where I am, the palm…
The Journey Inward 