I decided to spend my one-month stay in Cape Town at three of its highest rated hostels.Chronologically: Atlantic Point, The Backpack, and Once in Cape Town. All three hostels were…
Cape Town might not be the ideal place to go for a nice tropical ocean swim, but it sure is a hikers paradise.The city resembles a grand arena backdropped and…
Being a European national, it’s difficult not to be concerned about the effects of the Brexit and England’s resulting departure from the EU.But I’m not keen on getting too involved…
It was back in Belgium that I met some people at an InterNations event who suggested I’d book with Apex Shark Expeditions whilst in Cape Town.Having looked up their website,…
Simon’s Town is a charming fisherman’s town located on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula; the most southwest peak of the African continent.It is also the hometown of the…
It’s never easy saying goodbye, but the undefined duration of this trip made things more complicated than usual.So it goes without saying that last weekend has been a sturdy cocktail of…
A week before my departure and I’m already being replaced. Friday last week I found this cat-figurine keychain and decided to attach it to my sisters car keys. Lo and behold,…
On average we spend 25 years of our lives asleep.It is the time we set aside for our unconscious to process and reflect upon the things we have experienced during the day, while…
Given the diverse nature of my destinations, ranging from downtown metropolitan cities to some pretty desolate areas, my predominant packing criteria is versatility.I don’t want to drag survival gear all…
The overall concept of this journey is simple, and therefore also highly flexible.June 29th 2016, I land in Cape Town, and as our late pleistocene cousins have done before us,…