Something’s gloomy today. The mid-day sun is nowhere to be seen. I sit in my apartment overlooking the canal. Droplets of water fall from the sky and hit the moving current, forming little white splashes [Read More]
Everything is widely available on the web so anyone can easily discover the secrets to becoming a popular travel blogger. However, very few have the determination and willpower to pull it off. If travel and [Read More]
Nelson Mandela is on his deathbed as I write this. Tomorrow he may be physically gone from this world. There has never been another icon so pertinently attributed to freedom. Freedom means many things to [Read More]
“If you only do what you know you can do – you never do very much.” ~ Tom Krause Moving to another country, even if for a couple of months, can be a daunting experience. [Read More]
In 2012 I was sick and tired of many things, of criminal attacks affecting people we know, of being scared to sleep at night for fear that someone would break in and assault me. Many [Read More]
Barcelona is a vibrant, bustling city like any other. However, there are some things you really need to know before travelling there. If you’re only visiting for a few days and want to make the [Read More]
Although there is much beauty in travelling, it can be one of the most stressful experiences. It’s often really difficult to have an attitude of gratitude when things go wrong – when your baggage is [Read More]
My Eyewitness Barcelona and Catalonia travel guide has as much as a paragraph on Tibidabo, the highest mountain in the Serra de Collserola range. Even Woody Allen gave the place more exposure in his film [Read More]
Figueres is a small Spanish town near Barcelona where you can experience a much more relaxed, authentic way of life. And if you’ve had enough of the hordes of tourists in Barcelona then a day [Read More]
Many South Africans have a ‘poor’ mentality. What this means is that we tend to cry poor, to always have some excuse whether it is money, whether it is family commitments, fear or something else [Read More]
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