Everyone knows that the Garden Route is one of THE places to be during the peak summer season. Long sandy beaches, warm sunny days, shiny blue ocean, (insert all other perfect summer holiday clichés here). However us lucky locals get to enjoy it all year round so I thought in the name of sharing our…
Tag: Natures Valley
So, where are you from?
“So where are you from?” The question I always found so difficult to answer. The shortest answer I have rolls like a mini travel epilogue. Born in the heat of the Northern Cape, a childhood in the dust of Botswana, insolent puberty in a slushy Toronto, adolescent improvement in Zimbabwe’s perfect…
A memory in the sand
Inspiration, I need inspiration. I have been sitting at my desk for almost four hours without a break and the drumming of the rain on the roof is still louder than the drumming of my fingers. My story will not come to me. I stare out the window for the umpteenth time today and mutter…
A swim of note
I love water. I love the sound of water, the way it looks, the way it tastes and mostly the way it feels when you dive in on a hot summer’s day. This time last year I was spending most of my day in and out of the aquamarine and sapphire waters the Indian Ocean…
A green glowing sea
To quote a cliché but true saying: “Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments which take your breath away.” Living where I live I am one of the few blessed people that struggles to breathe because so much of my breath is constantly snatched away as I go about…