A “Gingerlicious” (left) with dark chocolate, ginger, syrup & honey, and one of the “WOW Shakes” – no words! Imagine you’re a child again… Let’s say around eight years old.…
A friend recently called me, his son had graduated and was to spend a year in the Antarctic at the South African weather station. His query was regarding a suitable…
Clarens takeover! Picture post-WWII Italy… (and no, this article has nothing to do with current events!). A country with a crippled economy, and roads in a complete state of disrepair…
The 4x4 training industry started around 30 years ago as the segment moved from a commercial base to include leisure users. Wanderlust had set in. A strong desire to travel.…
In South Africa, there are many cities, towns and dorps that are more than a century old. I personally love the sense of history, but one has to ask the…
Minimalism is a powerful art form that emerged post World War 2 and gained popularity in the 1960s. The principle of “less is more” involves the stripping down of composition…
Young elephant spraying soil to cool down on a hot day. Elephants are strange creatures, aren’t they? What with their slurpy trunks, their huge ears that look as though they…
Water lilies on the Chobe River – golden in the last rays of the sun. The last couple of columns have been about wilderness. Which ultimately begs the question: why…
A growing trend worldwide is that of everyday carry or EDC. People photograph the useful items that they consistently carry against backgrounds and then upload them to social media. The…
I recently observed two people jump-starting a vehicle with a flat battery and noticed a few mistakes. When I offered to help they noted that they had it under control…
The state of the African Wilderness during the pandemic… “Nature has the power to heal because it is where we are from, it is where we belong, and it belongs…
Experience comes from mistakes made and lessons learnt. I would like to share some of the lessons I have learned in the hope that they may make your camping experiences…