The culture here in South Africa is one of 'early to bed and early to rise'. Is it because the sun rises so early? No, it's because of the delightful hadeda bird that serves as a daily alarm clock. If you are lucky the alarm will be sustained and provided in surround sound by multiple… Continue reading The South African Hadeda Alarm Clock
Category: Expat
Expat Stereotypes to Avoid: Charity, Emma and Betty
Expat stereotypes, we all know them, we all love them. We all love to hate them. I previously wrote about three stereotypical expats who are unlikely to survive expat life. And before you get all excited up on that high horse of yours, just take a little chill pill and know that this is entirely… Continue reading Expat Stereotypes to Avoid: Charity, Emma and Betty
Planning a trip to Victoria Falls? Here’s what you need to Know
Victoria Falls is a gigantic earth rending waterfall, It's neither the highest, nor the widest in the world, but it's one of the most impressive (we were extremely impressed, EXTREMELY impressed). Vic Falls also makes CNN's list of 7 Natural Wonders of the world. If you have the opportunity, you should absolutely go. In my… Continue reading Planning a trip to Victoria Falls? Here’s what you need to Know
What Dr Livingstone saw – A trip to Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls has been inching up our bucket list since we moved to South Africa and finally made it to the top. We followed in the footsteps of explorer David Livingstone, albeit in a great deal more comfort. There are plenty of things to do close to the falls dependant on water levels, your appetite… Continue reading What Dr Livingstone saw – A trip to Victoria Falls
Are you a badass expat? Take this quick quiz to find out.
Do you think you're a hardcore badass full-fat expat? Let's find out. A few days ago I shared a link to a recent Business Insider article entitled 'The 19 countries with the worst quality of life in the world for expats.' I soon had friends and readers telling me how many years they'd spent in… Continue reading Are you a badass expat? Take this quick quiz to find out.
The One in a Million Expat Partner
On why expat partners and trailing spouses are pretty flipping fantastic.
Expat Life Through Rose Tinted Glasses
Rose tinted glasses soften and morph reality. When it comes to expat life, from the outside our life may look perfect, but expectation and reality rarely tally. I didn't have actual rose tinted glass or lenses to use in my photographs, so in true expat style improvised with rosé filled ones. Yes, a certain amount… Continue reading Expat Life Through Rose Tinted Glasses
The Panorama Route – A Photographer’s Sweetshop
Have you heard of Mpumalanga's Panorama Route? It's a South African gem, less polished than Cape Town with its sapphire waters and its neighbouring wine lands with their citrine and ruby wines, less well known than the emerald green Garden route, less of a rough diamond than Johannesburg, but a gem nevertheless. It's an area often sidelined as… Continue reading The Panorama Route – A Photographer’s Sweetshop
When Expat Life is Like A Cactus on the Roof
Yep, It's a Pretty Weird Blog Post Title Icebergs, people, cacti....you can't always see the full picture, maybe because your perspective is skewed or obscured. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile and dig a little deeper (in this case inside my wheelie bin) to get the full story. The Cactus Ears These large… Continue reading When Expat Life is Like A Cactus on the Roof
Ponte Tower: A Tale of Glamour, Garbage and Gritty Regeneration
Johannesburg's Ponte Tower is infamous, notorious and really really interesting. It embodies the former decadence, ensuing decay and current regeneration of the City of Gold. It's a brutalist, concrete hollow cylinder of a building in the city's Central Business District (CBD). The tallest residential building in Africa, it rises 55 stories tall and along with the… Continue reading Ponte Tower: A Tale of Glamour, Garbage and Gritty Regeneration
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