Where can I travel now?

  I don’t know about you, but I’m heartily sick of “virtual travel”!  OK it was nice to have something like that to look at when this pandemic began ….. and when it dragged on.  But let’s face it, it doesn’t come close to the real thing. And we should know.  We normally spend a […]

ZIMBABWE STONE SCULPTURES: Artist Ernest Chiwaridzo

Stone Dynamics Gallery Keith has been appointed the North American Representative for Stone Dynamics Gallery, who are situated in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This Gallery, established in 1986, provides a worthy platform for Zimbabwean artists to showcase their stone sculptures. The gallery is recognized internationally and has a permanent exhibition in the country’s premier tourist destination […]

TRAVELING BC AND NOW …. AC

Half-way through March already? How did that happen? Oh.. that’s right, we only got back from Africa 6 weeks ago. Yes! We were traveling – jumping on and off planes, in and out airports, visiting family and friends, spending lots of time outdoors and experiencing life in all its fullness in a place that’s full […]

Lion stories

The meals in the hotels, lodges and camps of South Africa generally come as something of a revelation to our American visitors.  They are fresh, healthy, colorful and simply delicious.  What is more surprising to them, and many are world travelers, is that they are delightfully “normal” looking to their western eyes.  Of course this […]

African Sunrise

It happens sometimes when you travel across time zones that you take a while to settle into the time change.  That can mean waking or sleeping at times not usual to you and in turn hearing or seeing things that you would normally not experience.  I woke sometime during the night and lay listening to […]

Homecoming

After nights of sleepless excitement we have finally arrived!  We are back in Zimbabwe – our home land – as visitors.  How strange it all looks and yet how familiar. Our son was there waiting for us at Harare International Airport, the plane was early, all our luggage arrived and accounted for, the immigration and […]

Fall in Franschoek

There were originally two very distinctive European influences on this most southern tip of Africa, the Cape, both brought through the Dutch East India Company.  The sailing ships trading exotic spices and goods brought from the Far East and India needed a safe harbor and fresh food and water on their long journey to and […]

Fall in the Wine Lands

From Cape Town city it is a 30 – 40min drive to the little university town of Stellenbosch, nestled at the foot of the Simonsberg.  These harsh grey mountains provided the first barrier to the pioneers trekking inland all those centuries ago.  As they persevered they discovered little protected valleys and slopes perfect for the […]

Cape Town Fall

Fall in the Cape of South Africa is a spectacular time of the year to visit. The weather is that jewel clear warm sunny late summer type of weather and its hard not to find yourself unwinding with it.  I am in sandals and sorry I didn’t bring my shorts! After arriving at the clean […]

Midlands Meander II

The Midlands and Underberg also bring those with a taste for more energetic endeavors to this region with a variety of high adventure activities.  One can arrange with a good local tour operator to do any of the following: trekking in the Drakensberg mountains, white water rafting, mountain climb with abseiling (or rappelling), kayaking or drive […]