Category: Holiday

Spring is right around the corner, and with it come all the beautiful blooms that awaken after the cold weather. In fact, spring is the perfect time to practice your flower and nature photography. If you think all that’s involved with shooting flowers is pointing the camera and snapping a pic, then you’re on the […]

Working at a travel company, my colleagues and I spend our days booking other people’s dream holidays, and writing about exciting tourism destinations that we may never actually visit ourselves. So we know first-hand how it feels to wish you were lounging on an exotic island instead of being slumped at your desk. In order […]

Are you sick and tired of holding onto your hood, cursing, as you battle through the wind and rain towards your car (that, in hindsight, you parked way too far away?). There are so many frustrations that come along with the cold and wet weather – and sometimes we just need a well-deserved break! If […]

As much as we enjoy curling up beside the fire in winter, there are many times that we just get plain fed up with the weather. We have to console ourselves with not being able to go to the beach to maintain our tans, drink ice-cold cocktails or skinny-dip in the sea, and all those […]

In 1956, a peaceful protest march was organised by the Federation of South African Women and supported by 20,000 women who were against a proposed legislation – one that would force non-white Africans to carry an identity document at all times. The group stood for 30 minutes in silence before taking up the chant – Wathint’ […]

With the wet weather descending all around us, we’re dreaming of summer sunshine and outdoor activities. Despite this, there are some areas in South Africa which have beautiful winter days, and offer couples the chance to get away from the rains, and just enjoy the chilly air. In that vein, we’ve rounded up five of […]

Nothing beats the winter blues like immersing yourself for an hour (or more) in a therapeutic spa experience.  The wet and cold weather is held at bay by the warm décor, burning incense, and heaters that help to set clients at ease from the get-go. If you think you can’t afford a spa day, think […]

If you haven’t heard about the popular game Angry Birds, then you’re missing out on hours of mindlessly entertaining fun. The free Facebook game, Angry Birds Friends, was voted the most popular game of 2012 thus far. The aim of the game is to shoot different types of birds at the “pigs”, who have stolen […]