I don’t usually like tours as I find that when there are too many people it is crowded, fractured, bustling and annoyingly you don’t get many great photo opportunities as there are people walking in front of your lens or banging into your arm. Still, when I saw one entitled Traditional African Culture Walk and that it … Continue reading
After our elephant experience we had the whole day ahead of us and were just a 10 minute drive from Pilanesberg National Park. Pilanesberg Park is set in the crater of an extinct volcano and is one of the largest parks in SA. We decided to spend a few hours driving ourselves around to see … Continue reading
Just 2.5 hours outside of Joburg you can find Sun City, a sprawling resort in the North Western province and home to Letsatsing Game Park. Letsatsing is the home to 5 awesome adult elephants and one little baba…and you can only bloody ride them!!! I had been looking for a way to spend an awesome … Continue reading
I’ve been in Joburg for almost 3 months now and before the move I was so worried that I would just be stuck in my house whilst Rob was at work, being a boring house wife with no friends and nothing interesting to do. We would only know 2 couples in this place, and I … Continue reading
It’s funny. When you move to a new place you make a lot of new friends. You assume that they “see” you and “know” who you are. You assume that the person that you are is on show for all to see. I certainly don’t try and hide parts of my personality – that’s way too … Continue reading
So traffic lights are called robots here. I love to adopt any term that has less syllables than the one that I am used to saying, but I still call these things lights, as robots are cool as hell and the traffic lights in Joburg are definitely not I thought that we suffered in the UK … Continue reading
I’m so frustrated right now. I’ve been trying to donate blood for 10 years but have been refused every time. When I was younger it was usually because I had a recent piercing or tattoo. Fair enough, the needles do come with a risk of infection, especially with some of the dodgy parlours around. Since … Continue reading
I’ve been MIA for a week – my 3rd internet bandwith top up ran out, but that’s another story At the weekend I was invited by Karen from Story of Bing to visit Kliptown to watch her shoot for Help Portrait. It is a fantastic initiative where volunteers go into townships, squatter camps etc to take pictures of … Continue reading
I’m always being told to not walk around in Joburg and to keep my car window firmly closed for security. If I adhered to this advice then I wouldn’t be able to buy from the many street and roadside vendors that there are here in SA. These are enterprising people that sell all manner of things at … Continue reading
Martina in Jozi 