Covid put all physical travel on hold, but it has not stopped me from planning, writing, and dreaming about future trips. The Viking cruise, Waterways of the Tsars, has...
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Launching my COVID project, a new book, Hippos, Hotspots, and Homelands Yes, when I realized what a long lockdown we were in for, with no promise of traveling in sight...
I found an excellent alternative to touring during this pandemic – tripping on mushrooms! Now, not that kind of tripping! Tripping as going on a journey exploring the...
FEBRUARY 18, 2020 By ELSA DIXON There is a reason why Cape Town is repeatedly voted the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, at least ten, all centered around...
You may recall that Debby was my travel companion and fellow survivor on the ill-fated Norwegian Viking Sky in Norway. It is a little ironic that our second cruise was...
Visit Great Northern Tanzania A very affordable private tour 8 – 19 August 2020 The great migration of the wildebeest and zebra at the Mara River on the border of...
6 July 2019 Our next adventure was a 3-day luxury safari at Kariega Big Five Private Game Reserve. We had a tire blow-out on the other side of Port Elizabeth but, as I...
5 July 2019 It was a beautiful day when we arrived in the Mother City of Cape Town, so we went up Table Mountain in the cable car. The stunning views and vistas never...
Our next leg of the journey took us on the N1 through the Karoo. There are quite a few nostalgic songs in Afrikaans about the Karoo, including one my dad wrote: “Give me...
“This is not your regular tour!” Friend and fellow writer, Karen Durand, has always been keen to go to South Africa with me, and when I started planning the route, I...