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

The Robertson Valley and Route 62 After an awesome few days in Franschhoek, we continued our “grand tour” of South Africa’s wine regions....

Visiting Franschhoek Wine Region We wrapped up our time in Stellenbosch and continued on to Franschhoek - another amazing South African...

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

Cape Town Coworking Due to a particularly small chair, working on our apartment’s balcony led to some, well, posterior pain. To avoid...

Mount Nelson High Tea High tea is just about the most pretentious thing you can do. But… it can also be a blast! And, nowhere was this...

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...

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

Things to Do in Cape Town When a country totally cancels drinking, you have to find some other activities. As expected, there are plenty...

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve We hinted at it in our Cape Town bus tour post, but South Africa was about to go into full prohibition mode....

A Cape Town Bus Tour We’d never done one of those hop-on, hop-off bus tours together, the ones with the London-esque, red double-decker...

Robben Island Prison If you know next to nothing about South Africa, you’ve still likely heard two intimately linked names: Nelson...

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

Is Cape Town a Walkable City? Yes! But, how do you describe an incredible city in a single blog post? You don’t. Cape Town just has too...

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...

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

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...

Living in Zanzibar We’re spending a year traveling and working, but we certainly don’t consider ourselves expats (maybe "digital...

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

What Does Pole Pole Mean? You can’t spend time in Zanzibar - or Tanzania, in general - without hearing the phrase pole pole. Pronounced...