Solo traveling to Maputo from Durban by bus, attempt one After I had dropped my mom off at the airport it was time to get my shit in order. My South African 90-day visa was about to expire and I needed to get out of the country. I had decided to go to Mozambique and […]
Border Crossing: a solo travelers list of blunders from Durban to Maputo Read More »
Bus back to Durban A week ago, I took the bus from Johannesburg back to Durban. Despite having experienced similar issues previously, I had forgotten about the difficulty of hailing a taxi app driver to get to certain locations in the city.. such as bus and train stations. I almost missed my bus to Durban
Seafood, Conversations, and Soul Connections: Mother-Daughter Vacation in Durban Read More »
The Evolution of Maboneng While in Johannesburg, I’ve been staying in the artsy neighbourhood Maboneng. In the language seSotho, Maboneng means Place of Light and I can’t think of a name more fitting nor more beautiful. I came here the first time in 2015, when the conceptualisation of the up-and-coming art neighbourhood was just in
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The most common side effect of traveling solo The most common side effect of traveling is definitely the constant deep thoughts and never ending reflections. Goodness. Travelling solo can be a daunting task, especially when shit hits the fan. For me, nothing dramatic is up, I’ve just been in my feelings lately. Not necessarily the
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Homeopathy and exploring Melville My health is continuing to deteriorate without any signs of improving. After a month of coughing my lungs out, I felt it was time to seek some help. I decided to book an appointment at a local homeopath after listening to moms advice. It was homeopathy that helped me as a
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Solo traveling: night bus to Johannesburg Initially, I was a bit insecure about booking a night bus from Cape Town to Johannesburg (Jozi). There had been some highway heists in recent months and I honestly wasn’t sure how safe it was to travel. However, the night bus is the only bus that allows you to
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Juxtapositions of History: Sipping Wine at Robben Island There is something quite macabre about sipping a glass of white wine while watching the sun descend in a breathtaking color spectacle over Robben Island. For those who are not familiar with South Africa’s history, Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela, together with other political prisoners, were
Surfing the Waves of Fear: Conquering the Ocean in Cape Town Read More »
Solo Travel Safety: Reflections from a Mixed Dormitory Experience I have left Observatory for Cape Town city center! There were some salsa and bachata events there that I wanted to attend this weekend so I thought I might as well stay in town, walk around a little bit and save some money on Uber costs.
Embracing the Joy of Bachata: Dancing in Cape Town’s Latin Scene Read More »
Sharing Stories: A Night of Connection at MOCAA’s First Thursday I am still nursing my cold, it is not budging even a little bit. I am currently at the stage where I don’t have much voice. Despite this, I still managed to sobbingly explain the whole boy-debacle/moving fiasco to my old time friend Trècy. Trècy
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Obsessed with Observatory: Cape Town’s Quirky Neighbourhood After the dance festival finished it was time for me to move to a new area in Cape Town: Observatory (Obs). I love Obs! I have stayed here almost every time I’ve visited Cape Town because it is just so cozy. Not only are the houses and street
Exploring Observatory: Airbnb’s and Gentrification in Cape Town Read More »
After the Mother City Dance Festival I decided to contact Angus Prince, one of the main festival organizers, for an interview. The festival hosted around 500 people from 50 different countries, had a crazy amount of top-notch workshops and managed to create a community feeling in the short amount of time of the festival. I
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Brief history of Woodstock While in Cape Town I wanted to take time to discover areas I had never visited before. Cape Town is huge and taking a taxi everywhere for daily adventures can quickly become expensive. Therefore, I have decided to live in the area that I want to explore, to stay only in
Art and Authenticity: A Tour of Woodstock’s Street Art Scene Read More »
First night of Mother City Dance Festival The Mother City Dance Festival in Cape Town was a whole experience, I tell you! The first night of the festival, the dress code was all-white. I love dressing up and I will openly admit that my entire suitcase has been packed in accordance to the dress codes
The Magic of Dance: Highlights from Mother City Dance Festival 2022 Read More »
My Dance Background Tonight is the first party of the salsa, bachata, kizomba festival and as excited as I am, I’m also a bit nervous. I’ve been dancing my whole life. Up until I was 17 years old it was mainly ballet and contemporary dance with small elements of salsa and musicals. Dancing has always
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Uber Trouble in Cape Town The bus ride from Durban to Cape Town took 26 hours instead of the promised 23,5 hours. The last two hours were excruciating! My mind was so set on arriving at a specific time so when I realised we were delayed, every minute felt like an hour. When I finally
Safety vs. Convenience: A Traveler’s Dilemma in Cape Town’s Taxi Landscape Read More »
The Cape Town Dream I’m sitting on one of Intercape’s Sleepliner buses, it’s early morning, the sun has just risen and I’ve got a 24 hour bus ride in front of me. I have a one way ticket to Cape Town and I am almost bouncing with excitement! It’s funny, I never really liked Cape
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Durban night life post pandemic In many ways, Durban feels like a bubble that is holding its breath. Perhaps it is a projection of my own feelings but Durban seems quieter than it was pre-pandemic. A lot of businesses like restaurants and clubs were forced to close during the pandemic and could never re-open. Davenport
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Great spots in Durban Now that I’ve made a new, vague plan, after accepting that nothing turned out as I thought it would, it feels a lot easier to move around in Durban. I have barely got a week left in Durbs before the SBKA dance festival in Cape Town starts but I have actually
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Friendship cross borders Yolande came to spend a few days with me at the Airbnb in Durban, to help me pull me out of my rut. I met Yolande the first time I came to South Africa, back in 2015. I had been accepted to do a 6 month internship at an NGO in a
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The unraveling As those who know me have learnt, historically I don’t do rejection, period. It’s not solely that I handle rejection objectively bad, it’s also that I avoid it to an almost comical degree. Despite this, I left my whole life, heart in hand and moved to a different continent. That I, security chasing
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Dumped in a foreign country It’s no fun being dumped in general, being dumped in a foreign country is not better I tell you. The boy-debacle was followed by a three-day-long pity party. It consisted of insane amounts of sleep, bad rom-coms and long contemplation sessions with Gabrielle’s Out Of Reach playing on repeat. If
Post boy-debacle: the solo journey I did not expect Read More »
Moving to South Africa Just a little while back it became apparent to me that I wanted to make a drastic change in my life. Propelled by the feeling that I wasn’t living life from my heart and by the longing to live an authentic life, however that may look like, I decided that moving
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