After wrapping up our time at the Robertson Backpackers, we headed to the second part of our stay along Route 62: Excelsior Wine Estate....

During our time in Robertson, we met some awesome people who we’re now lucky enough to call friends. These folks generously welcomed us...

After an awesome few days in Franschhoek, we continued our “grand tour” of South Africa’s wine regions. Next stop: the Robertson Valley...

We wrapped up our time in Stellenbosch and continued on to Franschhoek - another amazing South African wine region - for some more...

After our prohibition-era strikeout the first time visiting Stellenbosch, we decided to return, making it the initial stop on our long...

High tea is just about the most pretentious thing you can do. But… it can also be a blast! And, nowhere was this more apparent than at...

Cape Town sits on the northern, landward end of the Cape Peninsula, which juts down into the South Atlantic and ends at the Cape of Good...

Hiking Lion’s Head - like its Table Mountain counterpart - is a must for any Cape Town visitor. And, when you find yourself in South...

When a country totally cancels drinking, you have to find some other activities. As expected, there are plenty of things to do in Cape...

We hinted at it in our Cape Town bus tour post, but South Africa was about to go into full prohibition mode. With a scheduled overnight...

We’d never done one of those hop-on, hop-off bus tours together, the ones with the London-esque, red double-decker buses. But, without a...

If you know next to nothing about South Africa, you’ve still likely heard two intimately linked names: Nelson Mandela and apartheid. The...

Towering over Cape Town, you can’t ignore Table Mountain - absolutely dominates the skyline. And, the city has grown around this...

How do you describe an incredible city in a single blog post? You don’t. Cape Town just has too much to offer. Looking back at a month...

Neither of us had ever been to South Africa. And, rewinding a bit, to get a visa into Tanzania, our visa application required a booked...

Like our sunset catamaran cruise, sometimes it makes sense to do the organized tour thing. And, snorkeling in Zanzibar definitely falls...

As advertised, our time in Nungwi was the perfect R & R after the go, go, go craziness of the safari. But, after a few weeks, that...

We’re spending a year traveling and working, but we certainly don’t consider ourselves expats. We have a home. Actually, we have three...

Most of our Nungwi days followed a work, beach, eat, repeat routine. But, we also threw in some “organized fun.” Taking a sunset...

You can’t spend time in Zanzibar - or Tanzania, in general - without hearing the phrase pole pole. Pronounced “po-lay po-lay,” it’s...