Tag Archives: Africa

Take a tour with the Red Top Bus in Cape Town!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by suletta

I took a short break with my daughter this past weekend, and booked us, using my Flexi Club timeshare point, into The Riviera Suites in Sea Point, Cape Town.  After a very wet week, the rain dissipated and Cape Town … Continue reading →

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South Africa – the most beautiful country in the world!!

Posted on May 23, 2015 by suletta

1. South Africa paradiseintheworld.com / Via paradiseintheworld.com, touropia.com, buzzfeed.com, buzzfeed.com This country sweeps international travel prizes and has travellers raving about its beauty so much that it has the highest repeat tourism of any long haul destination in the world! … Continue reading →

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Life on a farm includes kamikaze pilots!!

Posted on December 4, 2013 by suletta

I woke up this morning, disoriented, not sure if I am dreaming I am ducking bombs at Pearl Harbor, or whether there was some crazed pilot hell-bent on committing suicide by flying into my house!  As Kobus had just left … Continue reading →

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Sunsets and Sunrises

Posted on July 31, 2013 by suletta

Like most people I know, I love sunrises and sunsets.  There are even two favourite movies – Before Sunset and Before Sunrise, and if you have not watched them, do yourself the favour.  But that’s besides the point.  Sunrise to … Continue reading →

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The fairest Cape has a “Spice Route”

Posted on July 22, 2013 by suletta

Just like Zanzibar, the exotic island off the coast of East Africa, close to Tanzania to be precise, Cape Town was once the stop-off for fresh produce for ships en route to the East, where Europeans sailed to get spices … Continue reading →

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Dreamy destinations – Drakensberg Sun, Cathedral Peak, Giant’s Castle

Posted on June 18, 2013 by suletta

We had the immense pleasure of spending a week with my two kids in the Drakensberg Region, or affectionately called “The Berg” in South Africa, this past week.  I had a timeshare week, postponed time and time again due to … Continue reading →

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The Greyhound to Cape Town

Posted on May 28, 2013 by suletta

I was born and raised in Worcester, in the Western Cape of South Africa.  But I spent most school holidays in Namaqualand – my ancestral grounds, where once upon a time my grandfather farmed at the foot of Spektakelberg pass, … Continue reading →

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Paternoster – Paradise!

Posted on May 23, 2013 by suletta

O my goodness, just saw the most exquisite photo of fishing boats on the beach at Paternoster, and was immediately inspired to post it! This picturesque fishing town, 15km north-west of Vredenburg, is one of the oldest coastal towns along … Continue reading →

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I live on a farm in Africa – no, not like Karen Blixen, nor Kuki Gallman, in Kenya – just me, and all my babies, on a farm in South Africa

Posted on April 18, 2013 by suletta

I am a city girl – but that’s another story altogether.  If you have followed my blog, you’ll know I am here because I fell in love with a good man. With farm life comes all sorts of adjustments.  We … Continue reading →

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Suicide or the new term – “self-death”

Posted on March 21, 2013 by suletta

I know I normally write about normal day-to-day things, so this is a bit out of the norm for me, as it should never be seen as a normal day-to-day thing. But yesterday, in the small town where we now … Continue reading →

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